Journal
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
Volume 50, Issue -, Pages 27-35Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.09.002
Keywords
Poverty measurement; Health insurance; Affordable Care Act; Health reform; Poverty
Funding
- Baruch College School of Public Affairs Graduate Assistantship
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We develop and implement what we believe is the first conceptually valid health-inclusive poverty measure (HIPM) - a measure that includes health care or insurance in the poverty needs threshold and health insurance benefits in family resources - and we discuss its limitations. Building on the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, we construct a pilot HIPM for the under-65 population under ACA-like health reform in Massachusetts. This pilot demonstrates the practicality, face validity and value of a HIPM. Results suggest that public health insurance benefits and premium subsidies accounted for a substantial, one-third reduction in the health inclusive poverty rate. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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