Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215238 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12842
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine how a key provision of the Affordable Care Act – the expansion of Medicaid eligibility – affected health insurance coverage, access to care, and labor market transitions of unemployed workers. Comparing trends in states that implemented the Medicaid expansion to those that did not, we find that the ACA Medicaid expansion substantially increased insurance coverage and improved access to health care among unemployed workers. We then test whether this strengthening of the safety net affected transitions from unemployment to employment or out of the labor force. We find no meaningful statistical evidence in support of moral hazard effects that reduce job finding or labor force attachment.
Subjects: 
medicaid
insurance coverage
access to care
unemployment
labor force transitions
JEL: 
J64
J68
I13
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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