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Student researchers find mixed results with Affordable Care Act at William and Mary symposium
More young adults are benefiting from non-emergency hospital care under the , student researchers said Friday, but the legislation has resulted in scant improvements to primary care physician access or to reducing emergency room use for non-emergency conditions.
The three topics were discussed at the College of William and Mary's Graduate Research Symposium Friday.
John Snouffer, a student in William and Mary's master of public policy program, studied the effect the legislation's dependent coverage mandate has had on non-emergency hospital admissions for young adults. The ACA requires health insurance to cover dependents through age 25.
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