Premium subsidies, the mandate, and Medicaid expansion: Coverage effects of the Affordable Care Act

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 72-86

  Frean, Molly ^a   Gruber, Jonathan ^b   Sommers, Benjamin D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Individual mandate; Medicaid; Tax credits

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PUNISHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015709788     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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