ACA Implementation -- Monitoring and Tracking

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Studies before the ACA's implementation in 2014 found that veterans were less likely than the general population to be uninsured: 1 in 10 nonelderly veterans neither had comprehensive health insurance coverage nor used health care available through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Chokshi and Sommers, 2014; Haley and Kenney, 2013, 2012). Some uninsured veterans may qualify for VA care, but not all take up the available coverage or meet the eligibility requirements, which are based on service-connected disability status, veteran discharge status, income, and other factors (Panangala, 2015). The ACA's new options offered veterans the potential to gain coverage through increased Medicaid enrollment, enrollment in VA care, or participation in the new marketplaces. Before 2014, an estimated 4 in 10 uninsured veterans had incomes below 138 percent of Federal Poverty Level. Uninsured veterans in that income group living in states that expanded Medicaid would qualify for Medicaid in 2014 (Haley and Kenney, 2013).