Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage and Healthcare Utilization Among Construction Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Largay, Julie A. ; Wang X
• Description:
  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. The goal of the ACA is to give more Americans access to affordable, quality health insurance and to reduce the growth in U.S. healthcare spending (ObamaCare Facts, 2015). Under the ACA, many regulations and options have been put into place (see timeline below), including the new Small Business Health Options Program for small employers (< 50 employees), and tax penalties for individuals without health insurance (Transamerica Center for Health Studies, 2015). This Quarterly Data Report examines the impact of the ACA by analyzing health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization among construction workers throughout the last decade using nationally representative survey data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Delivery Of Health Care Demography Economics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Small Business Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Health care; Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Health services; Health surveys; Medical care; Medical services; Costs; Worker health; Health protection; Demographic characteristics; Health programs; Statistical analysis; Surveillance; Regulations; Small businesses; Racial factors; Socioeconomics; Economic analysis; Questionnaires; Sociological factors
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050588
• Citation:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2015 Dec; :1-16
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb50ad4d8924e0ab5c17b1def1ee5992c3cba81d56b52e863e23ea3235fc5582ded9b83b3f86a155aac43334cd90aeebeeeb3bf80604d7b19c3d5af06cd947cc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231577/cdc_231577_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.33 MB ]