TY  - JOUR
AU  - Antwi, Yaa Akosa
AU  - Moriya, Asako S
AU  - Simon, Kosali
TI  - Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 18200
PY  - 2012
Y2  - June 2012
DO  - 10.3386/w18200
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w18200
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w18200.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Yaa Akosa Antwi
Johns Hopkins University
Carey Business School
100 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202
E-Mail: y.akosa.antwi@jhu.edu

Asako S. Moriya
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
E-Mail: Asako.Moriya@ahrq.hhs.gov

Kosali I. Simon
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University
1315 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-1701
Tel: (812) 856-3850
E-Mail: simonkos@indiana.edu
M2  - featured in NBER digest on 2012-11-28
AB  - We study the health insurance and labor market implications of the recent Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that allows dependents to remain on parental policies until age 26 using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Our comparison of outcomes for young adults aged 19-25 with those who are older and younger, before and after the law, shows a high take-up of parental coverage, resulting in substantial reductions in uninsurance and other forms of coverage. We also find preliminary evidence of increased labor market flexibility in the form of reduced work hours.
ER  -