Affordable Care Act Benefits Stroke Survivors
Many stroke survivors still struggle to afford their medications because they don't have insurance or their insurance shifts more of the costs of medications to patients. These stroke survivors are still vulnerable.
Many stroke survivors still struggle to afford their medications because they don't have insurance or their insurance shifts more of the costs of medications to patients. These stroke survivors are still vulnerable.
‘During the first decade following passage of the Affordable Care Act (enacted March 2010), US adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) experienced significant increases in health insurance coverage.
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The study’s findings are among the first to identify meaningful, population-level reductions in smoking and increases in abstinence among adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD), a group that has maintained significantly higher smoking rates in recent decades despite public health measures and interventions that have driven change in the general adult population.
Link Between Changes in Smoking and Health Insurance Availability
Changes in smoking: From 2008 to 2019, US adults with MH/SUD reduced their smoking and increased their abstinence rates more than those without MH/SUD.Changes in health insurance availability: People with MH/SUD have historically had more limited access to care. Health insurance coverage for people with MH/SUD increased after 2014, when ACA provisions expanded the potential pool of individuals able to afford insurance coverage and improved evidence-based treatment options for those with insurance.
This study found that in 2018-19, 11% of net reductions in current smoking, 12% of net reductions in daily smoking, and 12% of net increases in recent smoking abstinence coincided with greater gains in insurance coverage for adults with MH/SUD compared with adults without MH/SUD.
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Specifically, current smoking rates of adults with MH/SUD decreased from 37.9% to 27.9% while current smoking rates of adults without MH/SUD decreased from 21.4% to 16.3%, a significant difference in decrease of 4.9%. Daily smoking followed a similar pattern, with a difference in decrease of 3.9%. Recent smoking abstinence rates for adults with MH/SUD increased from 7.4% to 10.9% while recent smoking abstinence rates for adults without MH/SUD increased from 9.6% to 12.0%, a difference in increase of 1.0%.
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Quiz on Smoking
Approximately half the smokers die due to smoking -related diseases. But it is not just the smokers who are at the receiving end. The passive smokers too, often pay a heavy price. If you still have not 'kicked the butt’, learn more horrifying facts about smoking by participating in the following quiz.
Approximately half the smokers die due to smoking -related diseases. But it is not just the smokers who are at the receiving end. The passive smokers too, often pay a heavy price. If you still have not 'kicked the butt’, learn more horrifying facts about smoking by participating in the following quiz.
Source-Eurekalert
