Response to “Mortality and Science: A Comment on Two Articles on the Effects of Health Insurance on Mortalityâ€

Sarah Miller and Laura Wherry

Econ Journal Watch, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 220–229

Abstract: Kaestner (2021) asserts that the analysis of Miller, Johnson, and Wherry (2021) lacks statistical power to uncover mortality effects. However, the power calculations provided by Kaestner (2021) contain several implementation errors. Furthermore, Kaestner (2021) relies on implausible assumptions to interpret the results. In this response, we show that the analysis conducted in Miller, Johnson, and Wherry (2021) is well-powered to detect reasonably-sized effects once these errors are corrected and more realistic assumptions are used for interpretation.

Keywords: Medicaid; Affordable Care Act; health insurance; external validity; statistical power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 I13 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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