In one of the largest and most contemporary studies to assess the effect of the Affordable Care Act on trauma patients, the proportion of patients who lacked insurance fell 25% after the ACA was implemented in 2014. Over the same period, 30% more trauma patients obtained post-discharge care such as rehabilitation or home care.
The study showed no change in inpatient mortality, a finding that runs counter to studies from the pre-ACA era that found uninsured patients had a 2.17