Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126275 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 15-216
Publisher: 
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI
Abstract: 
A majority of married couples in the United States take advantage of the fact that employers often provide health insurance coverage to spouses. When the older spouses become eligible for Medicare, however, many of them can no longer provide their younger spouses with coverage. In this paper, we study how spousal eligibility for Medicare affects the health insurance and health care access of the younger spouse. We find spousal eligibility for Medicare results in the younger spouse having worse insurance coverage and reduced access to health care services.
Subjects: 
Health Insurance
Medicare
Individual Market
Marriage
Employer Benefits
ACA
JEL: 
I13
J3
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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