Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply

Robert Kaestner, A. Garrett, Anuj Gangopadhyaya and Caitlyn Fleming

No 21836, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We examined the effect of the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage and labor supply of low-educated and low-income adults. We found that the Medicaid expansions were associated with large (e.g., 50 percent) increases in Medicaid coverage and corresponding decreases in the proportion uninsured. There was relatively little change in private insurance coverage, although the expansions tended to decrease such coverage slightly. In terms of labor supply, estimates indicated that the Medicaid expansions had little effect on work effort despite the substantial changes in health insurance coverage. Most estimates suggested that the expansions increased work effort, although not significantly.

JEL-codes: H42 I13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-12
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Published as Robert Kaestner & Bowen Garrett & Jiajia Chen & Anuj Gangopadhyaya & Caitlyn Fleming, 2017. "Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol 36(3), pages 608-642.

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