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. 2012 Aug 27;47(5):1773–1790. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01458.x

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)

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.