Examining the Impact of State Government Actions on the Affordable Care Act (2015)

Undergraduate: Justin Jones

Faculty Advisor: Virginia Gray
Department: Political Science

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My thesis examines the role that state governments played in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act during the first enrollment period. It analyzes two actions that state governments had to choose from (exchange creation and medicaid expansion) and the effect of these actions on the goals of the ACA (better access to care, more affordable coverage).