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Title: Health Insurance Mandates and the Marriage of Young Adults: A Comment on Barkowski and McLaughlin

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: In the United States, the most common form of health insurance coverage is through employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) plans. ESI plans cover the workers and their dependents—typically the spouse and children. As a means of increasing young-adult insurance coverage, states and the federal government have enacted “dependent” mandates that expand the definition of a dependent for ESI plans. At the federal level, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent mandate increased the maximum age of an adult child dependent from 18 to 25. In addition to the federal expansion, the majority of states enacted dependent mandates which extended dependent status to children over the age of 18. State mandates commonly required that to be eligible the adult child must be unmarried or a student.

Url: https://econjwatch.org/File+download/1262/GaminoMar2023.pdf

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Authors: Gamino, Aaron

Periodical (Full): Econ Journal Watch

Issue: 1

Volume: 20

Pages: 15-33

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Population Health and Health Systems

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