Findings on Affordable Care Act Reported by Investigators at University of California (Policy Uptake as Political Behavior: Evidence from the…

Findings on Affordable Care Act Reported by Investigators at University of California (Policy Uptake as Political Behavior: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- New research on Affordable Care Act is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Berkeley, California, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Partisanship is a primary predictor of attitudes toward public policy. However, we do not yet know whether party similarly plays a role in shaping public policy behavior, such as whether to apply for government benefits or take advantage of public services."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California, "While existing research has identified numerous factors that increase policy uptake, the role of politics has been almost entirely overlooked. In this paper, we examine the case of the Affordable Care Act to assess whether policy uptake is not only about information and incentives; but also about politics. Using longitudinal data, we find that Republicans have been less likely than Democrats to enroll in an insurance plan through state or federal exchanges, all else equal."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Employing a large-scale field experiment, we then show that de-emphasizing the role of government (and highlighting the market's role) can close this partisan gap."

For more information on this research see: Policy Uptake as Political Behavior: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act. American Political Science Review, 2017;111(4):755-770. American Political Science Review can be contacted at: Cambridge Univ Press, 32 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10013-2473, USA. (Cambridge University Press - www.cambridge.org; American Political Science Review - journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSR)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from A.E. Lerman, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States. Additional authors for this research include M.L. Sadin and S. Trachtman (see also Affordable Care Act).

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055417000272. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Berkeley, California, United States, North and Central America, Affordable Care Act, Politics, University of California.

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