Impacts of the Dependent Coverage Provision of the ACA

Tuesday, June 14, 2016: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Colloquium Room (Huntsman Hall)
Chair:
Yaa Akosa Antwi

Under the Affordable Care Act, children are permitted to stay on their parents' insurance policies through the age of 26. The papers in this session consider the impacts of this expanded access to parental health insurance on young adults’ health insurance coverage and health care utilization, including avoidable hospitalizations, as well as parents’ use of the dependent tax exemptions.

8:30 AM
Health Insurance and Young Adults’ Avoidable Hospitalizations: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate

Author(s): Yanling Qi

Discussant: Michael T Mathes
8:50 AM
Health insurance coverage and health care utilization: Regression discontinuity evidence from the Affordable Care Act's dependent coverage mandate

Author(s): Baris K. Yoruk

Discussant: Marcus Dillender
9:10 AM
Is the ACA Bringing the Family Back Together (for Tax Purposes)? Investigating the Dependent Coverage Mandate Effect on Dependent Tax Exemptions

Author(s): Dan M. Shane

Discussant: Ellerie Weber
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