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2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

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AHRQ Report Shows Gains in Access to and Affordability of Health Insurance

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More people have health care coverage, have a usual place to go for medical care and can more easily afford medical bills after the Affordable Care Act’s provisions have taken effect, according to a new report by AHRQ. The 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategyreflects gains in enrollment in qualified health plans through the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace as well as expanded Medicaid coverage that became available in more than half of the states. The report found that the rate of uninsured Americans under age 65 decreased from 18 percent to 10 percent. Hispanics showed the biggest gains in having a usual place to go for medical care, climbing from 77 percent in 2010 to 83 percent in the first half of 2015. The cost of health care coverage, meanwhile, became more affordable as fewer people reported having trouble paying medical bills within the past year. This year’s report was the first to include an update on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Quality Strategy. For more information on the report, read AHRQ’s press release, access an infographicthat highlights findings and read AHRQ’s new blog post.



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2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy

Each year since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report and theNational Healthcare Disparities Report. These reports to Congress are mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). Beginning with the 2014 reports, findings on health care quality and health care disparities are integrated into a single document. For the first time, this year’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and National Quality Strategy Update is a joint effort addressing the progress made against the National Quality Strategy (NQS) priorities at the 5-year anniversary of the Strategy. The NQS is backed by theNational Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report data. Integration of these two efforts within AHRQ supports the development of this more comprehensive report on the success of efforts to achieve better health and health care and reduce disparities.

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Internet Citation: 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy. April 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/index.html

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