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I examine the impact of state policy decisions on the early impact of the ACA using data through the first half of 2014. I focus on the individual health insurance market, which includes plans purchased through exchanges as well as plans purchased directly from insurers. In this market, at least...
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I examine the impact of state policy decisions on the early impact of the ACA using data through the first half of 2014. I focus on the individual health insurance market, which includes plans purchased through exchanges as well as plans purchased directly from insurers. In this market, at least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045731
The ACA significantly altered the rules governing the individual insurance market, and the general effect was to lower premiums for older and less healthy people and raise premiums for younger and healthier people. To induce younger and healthier people to enroll, the law contained the...
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When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010, many groups projected how many people would enroll in health insurance plans satisfying the law s new rules and requirements (ACA plans). Nearly six years later, enrollment in health insurance exchange plans...
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seemingly contradictory result from the Massachusetts health reform is that ER utilization decreased. I reconcile both results …
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Little evidence exists on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on criminal behavior, a gap in the literature that this paper seeks to address. Using a one period static model of criminal behavior, I argue we should anticipate a decrease in time devoted to criminal activities in response to the...
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labor income tax rates nationwide than the Massachusetts health reform added to average rates in Massachusetts following its … 2006 statewide health reform. The rate impacts are different between the two laws for several reasons, especially that: the …, before either reform Massachusetts had already been offering more means-tested and employment-tested health insurance …
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We studied the impact of Affordable Care Act navigator programs on health insurance coverage, using the 80% cut in program funding under the Trump administration as a natural experiment. Our study design exploited county-level differences in the navigator program prior to funding cuts. We did...
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