How does losing health insurance affect disability claims? Evidence from the Affordable Care Act's dependent care mandate.
Affordable Care Act
disability policy
health insurance
supplemental security income
Journal
Health economics
ISSN: 1099-1050
Titre abrégé: Health Econ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306780
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2021
05 2021
Historique:
received:
24
10
2020
accepted:
19
12
2020
pubmed:
14
2
2021
medline:
30
10
2021
entrez:
13
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We estimate the impacts of losing access to parental health insurance on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participation, focusing on the age-26 limit for dependent coverage. We analyze the age pattern of SSI claims to develop counterfactual predictions that assume no change in access to insurance. Relative to this prediction, we find a 3.4% spike in SSI applications in the months immediately surrounding the 26th birthday, along with a slightly smaller increase in awards. These claims are primarily motivated by losing coverage; there might be more direct ways to address unmet insurance needs without also increasing reliance on cash payments.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
932-950Informations de copyright
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