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Title: Including health insurance in poverty measurement: The impact of Massachusetts health reform on poverty

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: We develop and implement what we believe is the first conceptually valid health-inclusive poverty measure (HIPM) - a measure that includes health care or insurance in the poverty needs threshold and health insurance benefits in family resources - and we discuss its limitations. Building on the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, we construct a pilot HIPM for the under-65 population under ACA-like health reform in Massachusetts. This pilot demonstrates the practicality, face validity and value of a HIPM. Results suggest that public health insurance benefits and premium subsidies accounted for a substantial, one-third reduction in the health inclusive poverty rate.

Url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629616301989

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Authors: Korenman, Sanders D; Remler, Dahlia K

Periodical (Full): Journal of Health Economics

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Volume: 50

Pages: 27-35

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Topics: Health, Poverty and Welfare

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