Access To Preventive Services Without Cost-Sharing: Evidence From The Affordable Care Act

The report was released on January 11, 2022, by the Office of Health Policy of the Assistant Secretary for Health Planning and Evaluation within the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The researchers examined the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on access to clinical preventive health services. The PPACA requires most group and individual health plans to cover a variety of preventive health services at no cost to the member. The covered preventive services include vaccinations, well-child visits, screening for HIV and sexually transmitted infections, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, contraception, and cancer screening . . .