The Affordable Care Act was designed to give more Americans “the financial security of health insurance.” Multiple studies have found that the ACA has led to improvements in people’s physical health. Now, a recent study suggests that the ACA also improved their financial well-being. We talk to Sarah Miller, an assistant professor in economics at University of Michigan and one of the study’s co-authors, about the impact the healthcare law has had on the pocketbooks of enrollees.

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