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Economic impact of illness with health insurance but without income insurance

Neelsen, Sven; Supon Limwattananon; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2015

We examine economic vulnerability to illness when, as for informal sector workers in Thailand, there is universal coverage for health care but earnings losses are uninsured. Even with comprehensive health care entitlement, severe illness that strikes an initially healthy worker is found to raise...

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Did the ACA Medicaid Expansion save lives?

Borgschulte, Mark; Vogler, Jacob - 2019

We estimate the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on county-level mortality in the first four years following expansion. We find a reduction in all-cause mortality in ages 20 to 64 equaling 11.36 deaths per 100,000 individuals, a 3.6 percent decrease. This estimate is largely...

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The effects of private versus public health insurance on health and labor market outcomes

Dauth, Christine - 2021

Deutschland), stellt sich die Frage, ob die Art der Krankenversicherung die Arbeitsmarktkarrieren der Versicherten beeinflusst …. Wir untersuchen, ob der Wechsel von der gesetzlichen in die private Krankenversicherung bestimmte Gesundheits- und … langfristigen Einfluss der Art der Krankenversicherung auf lange Krankheitsepisoden oder den Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Beschäftigten …

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Effect of health insurance in India: a randomized controlled trial

Malani, Anup; Holtzman, Phoebe; Imai, Kosuke; Kinnan, … - 2021

We report on a large randomized controlled trial of hospital insurance for above-poverty-line Indian households. Households were assigned to free insurance, sale of insurance, sale plus cash transfer, or control. To estimate spillovers, the fraction of households offered insurance varied across...

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Effects of the Affordable Care Act dependent coverage mandate on health insurance coverage for individuals in same-sex couples

Carpenter, Christopher; Gonzales, Gilbert; McKay, Tara; … - 2020

A large body of research documents that the 2010 dependent coverage mandate of the Affordable Care Act was responsible for significantly increasing health insurance coverage among young adults. No prior research has examined whether sexual minority young adults also benefitted from the dependent...

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State Medicaid expansion and the self-employed

Lee, Jun Yeong; Winters, John V. - 2020

This paper examines effects of state Medicaid Expansion via the Affordable Care Act on the self-employed. We first examine impacts on the probability of self-employment and find no significant effect. We then examine the probability of having health insurance and the type of coverage for...

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The effect of health insurance on workers' compensation filing : evidence from the affordable care act's age-based threshold for dependent coverage

Dillender, Marcus - 2015

This paper identifies the effect of health insurance on workers' compensation (WC) filing for young adults by implementing a regression discontinuity design using WC medical claims data from Texas. The results suggest health insurance factors into the decision to have WC pay for discretionary...

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Effects of the Affordable Care Act on part-time employment : early evidence

Dillender, Marcus; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Houseman, Susan N. - 2016

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers with at least 50 full-time-equivalent employees to offer "affordable" health insurance to employees working 30 or more hours per week. If employers do not comply with the mandate, they may face substantial financial penalties. Employers can...

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Health Insurance Coverage and Health Care Utilization : Evidence from the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Mandate

Yoruk, Baris - 2017

This paper investigates the impact of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) dependent coverage mandate on health insurance coverage rates and health care utilization among young adults. Using data from the Medical Panel Expenditure Survey, I exploit the discontinuity in health insurance coverage...

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Regulated Age-Based Pricing in Subsidized Health Insurance : Evidence from the Affordable Care Act

Orsini, Joe - 2017

We study age-rating restrictions in the health insurance marketplaces introduced by the Affordable Care Act. Because most buyers are subsidized, although age-rating restrictions affect pre-subsidy premiums, participation is primarily driven by subsidy generosity rather than pricing decisions....

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