OSC Scientific Seminar 2020-2021

Friday, 19th February 2021, 11:30 am / 1 pm (Zoom video conferencing)

US health insurance market transformations since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 

Anne-Laure Beaussier

Chargée de recherche CNRS, Sciences Po-CSO

Ten years ago, the ACA, also known as Obamacare, aimed at achieving near universal coverage of the US population by supporting and fixing a highly dysfunctional health insurance market. Its rationale was based on the idea that the right regulatory instruments and market-based incentives could lead health insurers to offer quality insurance to most Americans with affordable premiums, rather than fundamentally transforming the current health care financing system.

After a decade characterized by numerous attacks and hostility from the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress how has the reform affected health insurance markets in the US ? Has it fulfilled promises of increased access to better quality healthcare ?

This contribution looks back at the transformations of the American private insurance market  under Obamacare and highlights both improvements and enduring issues that may be addressed in future reform attempts.

Registration is mandatory to join the ZOOM meeting (the link will be sent one day before)