Implementing federal health reform in the States: who is included and excluded and what are their characteristics?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the characteristics and number of nonelderly adults eligible and ineligible for Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansions.

Data sources and settings

Two secondary data sources are used in this analysis: the 2008 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS).

Study design

We use multiple imputation to incorporate model-based uncertainty into the prediction of immigration status into the ACS from the SIPP. Key variables include place of birth, year of entry to the U.S., and health insurance coverage.

Data collection/extracting methods

No primary data are used in this study.

Principle findings

We estimate that potentially 3.5 million nonelderly adults will be excluded from the AC

SUBMITTER: Fried B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4256553 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature