The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Reported Health of Young Adults

Briggs Depew and Eric Cardella ()

Departmental Working Papers from Department of Economics, Louisiana State University

Abstract: We exploit a sharp change in the likelihood that an individual is covered by health insurance when they turn 19 years of age to study how health insurance affects reported health status. We find that an individual is 6 percentage points less likely to have health insurance when they turn 19. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, we find that having health coverage significantly increases the likelihood of reporting excellent health among young adults.

Date: 2014-08
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