There is considerable public policy concern over the relatively low rates of health insurance coverage among the self …-employed in the United States. Presumably, the reason for the concern is that their low rates of insurance lead to worse health …-earners differ with respect to insurance coverage and health status. Using a variety of ways to measure health status, we find that …

physical and mental ill-health and bad lifestyle habits generally have adverse effects on self-employed workers' disability … outcomes. Yet our main result is that accurate assessment of the relation between health, lifestyle and disability outcomes …

There is considerable public policy concern over the relatively low rates of health insurance coverage among the self …-employed in the United States. Presumably, the reason for the concern is that their low rates of insurance lead to worse health …-earners differ with respect to insurance coverage and health status. Using a variety of ways to measure health status, we find that …

having health insurance and the type of coverage for self-employed persons. Medicaid expansion increased overall health … on health insurance rates of the self-employed also strengthened over time. …