“They Treat you a Different Way:” Public Insurance, Stigma, and the Challenge to Quality Health Care

摘要: Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid Expansion programs are extending eligibility and increasing access to care. However, stigma associated with public insurance coverage may importantly affect nature content of health care beneficiaries receive. In this paper, we examine experiences described by a group low-income beneficiaries. They perceive as manifest in poor quality negative interpersonal interactions setting. Using an intersectional approach, found that was compounded other sources including socioeconomic status, race, gender, illness status. Experiences had important implications for how subjects evaluated care, their decisions impacting continuity reported ability We argue challenges provided under is thus issue should be addressed policy.