Table 3.
Multivariate Regression Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Eligibility Expansion
Percentage Point Change in Source of Insurance Status (Standard Error in Parentheses) | ||||
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Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||
Source of Coverage | Full ACA Target Population† | Targeted under ACA and Prior State Reforms§ | Targeted under the ACA But Not State Reforms | Non-Reform States Only |
Private-non-spouse dependent‡ | 5.3** (0.6) | 8.7** (2.5) | 4.5** (0.9) | 4.3** (0.9) |
Private-self or spouse | −2.1* (0.7) | 1.2 (3.3) | −2.0 (1.1) | −1.9 (1.2) |
Public | 0.6 (0.6) | −0.6 (2.6) | 0.5 (1.0) | 0.7 (1.1) |
None | −3.5** (0.8) | −8.3* (3.6) | −3.8* (1.2) | −3.6* (1.3) |
p < .05,
p < .001 for two-tailed test.
Models control for eligibility for prior state reforms but do not include interactions of state and federal policy effects.
Other than on the plan of a spouse.
See Appendix for details on the calculation of standard errors.
ACA, 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.