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Medicaid expansions improved preventive care, but study finds Americans want changes to ACA
Due to insurance expansions of the Affordable Care Act, Americans were more likely to undertake preventive care, according to data published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. However, a recently released survey from NORC at the University of Chicago revealed that although essential components of the health care law are effective and popular, many Americans strongly support changes, but not an immediate repeal.“The U.S. population receives suboptimal levels of preventive care and has a high prevalence of risky health behaviors,” Kosali Simon, PhD, of Indiana University’s School of Public (Read more...)