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Medicaid-ing uninsurance? : the impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on uninsurance spells
Heim, Bradley T.; Lurie, Ithai; Patel, Elena; Ramnath, … - 2023
We study the effect of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on coverage dynamics following the sudden loss of coverage from an employer plan. This analysis leverages novel administrative data capturing monthly health insurance coverage for the U.S. population. Using these data, we...
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The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Is Shifting Resources away from Low-Income Children
Blahous, Charles; Sigaud, Liam - 2022
In this study, we find that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generally associated in expansion states with a shift of program financial resources away from children toward nonaged nondisabled adults. We examine Medicaid expenditures per capita for beneficiary categories...
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The effects of the Affordable Care Act medicaid expansion on subjective well-being
Kim, Seonghoon; Koh, Kanghyock - 2019
This study analyzes the effects of the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion on the subjective well-being of individuals in the United States. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we find that the expansion has significantly improved the overall life satisfaction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119022
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Accessing the safety net : how Medicaid affects health and recidivism
Packham, Analisa; Slusky, David - 2023
We estimate the causal impact of access to means-tested public health insurance coverage (Medicaid) on health outcomes and recidivism for those recently released from incarceration. To do so, we leverage a policy change in South Carolina that allowed simplified Medicaid re-enrollment for...
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Regulated Age-Based Pricing in Subsidized Health Insurance : Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
Orsini, Joe - 2017
most buyers are subsidized, although age-rating restrictions affect pre-subsidy premiums, participation is primarily driven … by subsidy generosity rather than pricing decisions. Combining pre and post-reform data on prices and enrollment we find … that age-rating restrictions altered pre-subsidy premiums: $230/year for under-50 buyers and -$900/year for over-50 buyers …
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Health insurance as an income stabilizer
Gallagher, Emily A.; Blascak, Nathan; Roll, Stephen P.; … - 2020
We evaluate the effect of health insurance on the incidence of negative income shocks using the tax data and survey responses of nearly 14,000 low income households. Us-ing a regression discontinuity (RD) design and variation in the cost of nongroup pri-vate health insurance under the Affordable...
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The effect of public insurance expansions on substance use disorder treatment : evidence from the affordable care act
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Saloner, Brendan - 2017
We examine the early effects of U.S. state Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on substance use disorder (SUD) treatment utilization. We couple administrative data on admissions to specialty SUD treatment and prescriptions for medications used to treat SUDs in outpatient...
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Ambulance utilization in New York City after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Courtemanche, Charles; Friedson, Andrew; Rees, Daniel I. - 2018
Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of arguably unnecessary medical services. It could also eliminate (or at least diminish) the need for emergency services through increasing access to preventive care. Using publicly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821437
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The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Subjective Well-Being
Kim, Seonghoon - 2019
This study analyzes the effects of the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion on the subjective well-being of individuals in the United States. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we find that the expansion has significantly improved the overall life satisfaction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861316
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Ambulance Utilization in New York City after the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Courtemanche, Charles - 2018
Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of arguably unnecessary medical services. It could also eliminate (or at least diminish) the need for emergency services through increasing access to preventive care. Using publicly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922443