The Affordable Care Act: A Family-Friendly Policy

Helene Jorgensen and Dean Baker

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Abstract: Most of the discussion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the extent to which it has extended health insurance coverage to the formerly uninsured. This is certainly an important aspect of the law. However by allowing people to buy insurance through the exchanges and extending Medicaid coverage to millions of people, the ACA also largely ends workers’ dependence on their employer for insurance. This gives tens of millions of people the option to change their job, to work part-time, or take time off to be with young children or family members in need of care, or to retire early.

Keywords: affordable care act; family; working families; aca; part-time employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H I I1 J J3 J33 J38 J8 J83 J88 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2014-09
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