The Affordable Care Act and Consumer Well-Being: Knowns and Unknowns

M. Paula Fitzgerald; Thomas K. Bias; Tami Gurley-Calvez

doi:10.1111/joca.12059

The Affordable Care Act and Consumer Well-Being: Knowns and Unknowns

M. Paula Fitzgerald, Thomas K. Bias, Tami Gurley-Calvez

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, is the latest in a long string of efforts to reform health care in the United States. In this article, we provide a brief background and explore key components of this law. We examine extant research on what is known about how insurance coverage impacts consumer well-being and the role health and financial literacy play in achieving well-being. We then introduce important research questions highlighting areas where little is known and where much opportunity lies to inform policy and improve consumer well-being.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-53
Number of pages	27
Journal	Journal of Consumer Affairs
Volume	51
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12059
State	Published - Mar 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Sociology and Political Science

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