Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses

Marianne Bitler and Christopher Carpenter

No 16669, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We examine the effects of state health insurance mandates requiring coverage of screening mammograms. We find robust evidence that mammography mandates significantly increased mammography screenings by 4.5-25 percent. Effects are larger for women with less than a high school degree in states that ban deductibles, a policy similar to a provision of federal health reform that eliminates cost-sharing for preventive care. We also find that mandates increased detection of early stage in-situ pre-cancers. Finally, we find a substantial proportion of the increased screenings were attributable to mandates that are not consistent with current recommendations of the American Cancer Society.

JEL-codes: I1 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01
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Published as Marianne P. Bitler & Christopher S. Carpenter, 2016. "Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 8(3), pages 39-68, August.

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