Modeling the Impact of the Affordable Care Act and the Individual Mandate on Californians

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-28

  Roby, Dylan H ^a,b   Watson, Greg ^a   Jacobs, Ken ^c   Graham Squire, Dave ^c   Kinane, Christina M ^d   Gans, Daphna ^a,b   Needleman, Jack ^a,b   Kominski, Gerald F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Insurance; Health Reform; Insurance Markets; Micro Simulation; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874357201     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-012-9349-5     Document Type: Article

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