. Accounting for the ACA subsidy design, this regulation decreased federal spending by more than 10%, and reduced participation by …

This Essay examines the very fragile nature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) approach to near …-universal health insurance coverage, as accentuated by a variety of implementation hurdles and challenges. The ACA's vision for … threads that tie it together. Over the past four and a half years since the ACA was enacted, the threads have unraveled in …

I examine the impact of state policy decisions on the early impact of the ACA using data through the first half of 2014 …, representing an increase of at least 4.2 million beyond pre-ACA state-level trends. I use data on coverage, premiums, and costs and … me to estimate the welfare impact of the ACA on participants in the individual health insurance market in each state. I …

I estimate demand for health insurance using consumer-level data from the California and Washington ACA exchanges. I … a "taste for compliance''; (3) mandate repeal slightly increases consumer surplus because the ACA's price … insurance against their will; and (4) mandate repeal decreases consumer surplus if ACA subsidies are replaced with vouchers that …