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The ACA's Dependent Coverage Mandate: An Investigation of its Effects on Mortality with Regard to Race

Derwin, Jack W.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1589553575409121

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2020, BA, Oberlin College, Economics.
I add to literature investigating the effects of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) dependent coverage mandate (DCM). I examine how the mandate, which increased health insurance coverage for 19 to 25 year-olds, impacted short-run mortality rates for the affected age group. Unlike previous research, I examine if and how young adult mortality was affected differentially by race. I use data from the CDC’s “WONDER” database to conduct difference-in-difference analysis to assess the effects of the policy change on mortality. I find that the DCM had a significant negative impact on mortality rates for the affected age group as a whole, but that African Americans and Asians and Pacific Islanders missed out on the effect. I then briefly investigate what might have driven these racially disparate impacts, but do not produce a conclusive explanation. During that investigation, I also offer a causally-identified estimate of the magnitude of the DCM’s effect on health coverage.
Barbara J. Craig (Advisor)
Paul A. Brehm (Advisor)
Martin Saavedra (Advisor)
55 p.
Economics; Health Care; Public Health; Public Policy
Affordable Care Act; Dependent coverage mandate; Mortality; Young adults; Health care; Health insurance; Dependent coverage

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  • Derwin, J. W. (2020). The ACA's Dependent Coverage Mandate: An Investigation of its Effects on Mortality with Regard to Race [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1589553575409121

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Derwin, Jack. The ACA's Dependent Coverage Mandate: An Investigation of its Effects on Mortality with Regard to Race. 2020. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1589553575409121.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Derwin, Jack. "The ACA's Dependent Coverage Mandate: An Investigation of its Effects on Mortality with Regard to Race." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1589553575409121

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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