Early impacts of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage in Medicaid expansion and non‐expansion states

C Courtemanche, J Marton, B Ukert… - Journal of Policy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to achieve nearly universal health insurance
coverage in the United States through a combination of insurance market reforms …

Adverse selection and an individual mandate: When theory meets practice

MB Hackmann, JT Kolstad, AE Kowalski - American Economic Review, 2015 - aeaweb.org
We develop a model of selection that incorporates a key element of recent health reforms:
an individual mandate. Using data from Massachusetts, we estimate the parameters of the …

Measurement error in public health insurance reporting in the American Community Survey: evidence from record linkage

MH Boudreaux, KT Call, J Turner… - Health services …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Examine measurement error to public health insurance in the American
Community Survey (ACS). Data Sources/Study Setting The ACS and the Medicaid Statistical …

The early impact of the Affordable Care Act state-by-state

AE Kowalski - 2014 - nber.org
ABSTRACT 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 …

Is the medical loss ratio a good target measure for regulation in the individual market for health insurance?

P Karaca‐Mandic, JM Abraham, K Simon - Health Economics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Effective January 1, 2011, individual market health insurers must meet a
minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) of 80%. This law aims to encourage 'productive'forms of …

Does publicly subsidized health insurance affect the birth rate?

M Palmer - Southern Economic Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The affordable care act (ACA) greatly expanded subsidized health insurance opportunities
for low‐income childless women through Medicaid and the Marketplace. This insurance …

Medicaid coverage across the income distribution under the Affordable Care Act

CJ Courtemanche, J Marton, A Yelowitz - 2019 - nber.org
This paper examines trends in Medicaid enrollment across the income distribution after the
ACA's Medicaid expansion. Using data from the American Community Survey between 2012 …

What drives insurer participation and premiums in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace?

JM Abraham, C Drake, JS McCullough… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
We investigate determinants of market entry and premiums within the context of the
Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces for individual insurance. Using Bresnahan and Reiss …

Out of sight, out of mind? Measuring the relationship between privatization and medicaid self-reporting

A Tallevi - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2018 - read.dukeupress.edu
Privatization has grown exponentially, both in salience and in form, over the past several
decades. This shifting of administrative authority away from the state can make it difficult for …

How has the Affordable Care Act's medical loss ratio regulation affected insurer behavior?

JM Abraham, P Karaca-Mandic, K Simon - Medical care, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Starting in 2011, the Affordable Care Act stipulates that insurers meet the
minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) standards or issue rebates. An MLR is the proportion of …