How Health Insurance Improves Financial Health

Luojia Hu, Robert Kaestner, Bhashkar Mazumder, Sarah Miller and Ashley Wong

Chicago Fed Letter, 2019, No 420

Abstract: Low-income Americans who became eligible to enroll in Medicaid due to the Affordable Care Act saw their medical debt cut in half.

Keywords: insurance; Health insurance; low income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.21033/cfl-2019-420

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