Investigators from Emory University Release New Data on Health Insurance (The Role of Public and Private Insurance Expansions and Premiums for…

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Investigators from Emory University Release New Data on Health Insurance (The Role of Public and Private Insurance Expansions and Premiums for Low-income Parents Lessons From State Experiences)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Research findings on Health Insurance are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Numerous states have implemented policies expanding public insurance eligibility or subsidizing private insurance for parents. To assess the impact of parental health insurance expansions from 1999 to 2012 on the likelihood that parents are insured; their children are insured; both the parent and child within a family unit are insured; and the type of insurance."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Emory University, "Cross-sectional analysis of the 2000-2013 March supplements to the Current Population Survey, with data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component and the Area Resource File. Cross-state and within-state multivariable regression models estimated the effects of health insurance expansions targeting parents using 2-way fixed effect modeling and difference-indifference modeling. All analyses controlled for household, parent, child, and local area characteristics that could affect insurance status. Expansions increased parental coverage by 2.5 percentage points, and increased the likelihood of both parent and child being insured by 2.1 percentage points. Substantial variation was observed by type of expansion. Public expansions without premiums and special subsidized plan expansions had the largest effects on parental coverage and increased the likelihood of jointly insuring both the parent and child. Higher premiums were a substantial deterrent to parents' insurance. Our findings suggest that premiums and the type of insurance expansion can have a substantial impact on the insurance status of the family."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "These findings can help inform states as they continue to make decisions about expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to cover all family members."

For more information on this research see: The Role of Public and Private Insurance Expansions and Premiums for Low-income Parents Lessons From State Experiences. Medical Care, 2017;55(3):236-243. Medical Care can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Medical Care - journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/default.aspx)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from G.P. Guy, Emory University, Rollins Sch Public Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States. Additional authors for this research include E.M. Johnston, P. Ketsche, P. Joski and E.K. Adams (see also Health Insurance).

Keywords for this news article include: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America, Health Insurance, Emory University.