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Title: "Aging Out" of Dependent Coverage and the Effects on the US Labor Market and Health Insurance Choices

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

Abstract: Objectives. I examined how labor market and health insurance outcomes were affected by the loss of dependent coverage eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Methods. I used National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data and regression discontinuity models to measure the percentage-point change in labor market and health insurance outcomes at age 26 years. My sample was restricted to unmarried individuals aged 24 to 28 years and to a period of time before the ACAs individual mandate (20112013). I ran models separately for men and women to determine if there were differences based on gender. Results. Aging out of this provision increased employment among men, employer-sponsored health insurance offers for women, and reports that health insurance coverage was worse than it was 1 year previously (overall and for young women). Uninsured rates did not increase at age 26 years, but there was an increase in the purchase of nongroup health coverage, indicating interest in remaining insured after age 26 years. Conclusions. Many young adults will turn to state and federal health insurance marketplaces for information about health coverage. Because young adults (aged 1829 years) regularly use social media sites, these sites could be used to advertise insurance to individuals reaching their 26th birthdays.

Url: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302791

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Authors: Dahlen, Heather M.

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Public Health

Issue: 55

Volume: 105

Pages:

Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

Countries: Argentina

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