Simulating Variation in Families' Spending across Marketplace Plans.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine variations in premium and cost-sharing across marketplace plans available to eligible families. DATA SOURCES:2011-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), 2014 health plan data from healthcare.gov, and the 2011 Medicare Part D public formulary file. STUDY DESIGN:We identified a nationally representative cohort of individuals in the MEPS who would have been eligible for marketplace coverage. For each family, we simulated the total out-of-pocket payment (premium plus cost-sharing) under each available plan in their county of residence, assuming their premarketplace use. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS:Confidential state and county of residence identifiers were merged onto MEPS public use files and used to match MEPS families to the plans available in their county

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051972 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature