Health Insurance Coverage Changes Under the Affordable Care Act Among High Housing Cost Households, 2010-18

Overview

Journal Health Econ

Publisher Wiley

Specialties Health Services
Public Health

Date 2024 Nov 14

PMID 39539010

Authors

Yu Cao

Yuxin Su

Guan Wang

Chengcheng Zhang

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health insurance coverage among rent-burdened households-those spending more than 30% of their income on rent-and non-rent-burdened households. Using data from American Community Survey, we find that Medicaid take-up rate increased 8.88 percentage points (pp) among rent-burdened households and 7.54 pp among non-rent-burdened households in expansion states. Conditional on household income and demographic characteristics, rent-burdened households exhibit a 1.5 pp higher likelihood of Medicaid enrollment, with an additional decline of 0.7 pp in employer-sponsored insurance and 1.0 pp in directly purchased insurance enrollment. These effects were more pronounced among individuals aged over 26 and those in states without state-run exchanges. The findings show the importance of tailored Medicaid policies to assist households facing housing burdens, especially for those ineligible for housing vouchers.

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