AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation released today The Elusive Uninsured: Assessing the ACA Exchange in Texas. This report, authored by TPPF’s Senior Health Care Policy Analyst John Davidson, examines the Affordable Care Act’s failure to attract a large share of Texas’ uninsured population eligible for coverage on the exchange.
“The ACA was passed partly on the premise that there was considerable demand for health insurance, especially in states like Texas that have high numbers of uninsured,” said Davidson. “So far, the enrollment data does not support this assumption. Perhaps there is demand for some kind of health insurance, but the enrollment numbers suggest there is relatively little demand for the highly-regulated, unevenly subsidized plans offered on the ACA exchanges.”
To schedule an interview with Mr. Davidson please contact Kristen Indriago at [email protected] or 512.472.2700.
The paper can be accessed here: http://txpo.li/1kjhhQV
John Davidson is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Health Care Policy with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin, Texas.
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