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In this webinar, Dr. Joel C. Cantor, Director of the Center for State Health Policy and Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers University, discusses findings from his SHARE-funded research evaluating state and federal young adult dependent coverage expansion policies using the Current Population Survey (CPS).  

 

Dr. Cantor addresses a range of questions that build upon the Rutgers team's work evaluating state and federal efforts to expand young adult dependent coverage.  Questions include:

• What was the impact of the ACA dependent coverage provisions on the coverage status of young adults?
• Did the coverage gains grow over time?
• Did coverage increase differentially in states that did and did not have pre-existing dependent coverage rules?
• Did the impact of the ACA dependent coverage provisions differ by economic or demographic characteristics of the young adults?
• Have the ACA dependent coverage rules had an impact on the likelihood of young adults being employed full time?
• How will the ACA dependent coverage provisions impact the distribution of risk in Medicaid and the Health Insurance Exchange?

Dr. Cantor is joined by Dr. Thomas Buchmueller, Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.  

 

Dr. Buchmueller discusses findings from similar research on young adult coverage using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).  Dr. Buchmueller also presented findings from an NHIS-based analysis of the impact of the expansion of young adult dependent coverage on access to care.   

 

 

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Click here to view Dr. Buchmueller's slides, or download them below.

 

 

Antwi, YA, Moriya, AS, & Simon, K. 2012. "Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults." National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER Working Paper No. 18200. 

 

Cantor, JC, Belloff, D, Monheit, AC, DeLia, D, & Koller, M. 2012. "Expanding Dependent Coverage for Young Adults: Lessons from State Initiatives." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 37(2): 99-128.

 

Cantor, JC, Monheit, AC, Belloff, D, DeLia, D, & Koller, M. April 2010. “The Impact of State Dependent Coverage Expansion on Young Adults Insurance Status: Further Analysis.”   Issue Brief. State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE): Minneapolis, MN.

 

Cantor, JC, Monheit, AC, Belloff, D, DeLia, D, & Koller, M. January 2010. “Dependent Coverage Expansions: Estimating the Impact of Current State Policies.” Issue Brief.  State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE): Minneapolis, MN.

 

Cantor, JC, Monheit, AC, DeLia, D, & Lloyd, K. 2012. "Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults." Health Services Research 47(5): 1773-1790.

 

“The Impact of Extending Dependent Insurance Coverage to Young Adults.” April 2010. Webinar.  State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE): Minneapolis MN. 

 

Monheit, AC, Cantor, JC, DeLia, D, & Belloff, D. 2011. "How Have State Policies to Expand Dependent Coverage Affected the Health Insurance Status of Young Adults?" Health Services Research 46(1p2): 251-267.

Sommers, BD, Buchmueller, T, Decker, SL, Carey, C, & Kronick, R. 2012. "The Affordable Care Act Has Led to Significant Gains in Health Insurance and Access to Care for Young Adults." Health Affairs. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0552.