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New paper up with @SansoneEcon @GilbGonzales and #KittCarpenter on positive effects of the ACA's dependent care mandate on insurance uptake for young men in same-sex couples. @LGBTPolicyLabVU https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2004/2004.02296.pdf
New paper up with @SansoneEcon @GilbGonzales and #KittCarpenter on positive effects of the ACA's dependent care mandate on insurance uptake for young men in same-sex couples. @LGBTPolicyLabVU https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2004/2004.02296.pdf
After all the great research on the dependent care mandate, why did we need this paper specifically on young men in same-sex couples?
Even though young people generally benefited from expanding dependent coverage up to age 26, no one has paid attention whether sexual minority young adults also benefited in the same way.
There are a lot of studies showing lower health insurance coverage among sexual minorities AND sexual minorities are more likely to have strained relationships with their parents. Both of these might predict a lower ability to use parental coverage.
Luckily, our estimates from the American Community Surveys show that men in same-sex couples age 21-25 are MORE likely to have any health insurance after 2010 compared to slightly older 27 to 31-year-old men in same-sex couples.
We find similar outcomes for women in same-sex couples but not at the same level of significance. What does that mean? Well, young women in same-sex couples also look like they are more likely to have insurance than their slightly older counterparts but we just can't say for sure
Summary: Our findings confirm the broad effects of expanded dependent coverage under the ACA for young men in same-sex couples. Eliminating the federal dependent mandate could reduce health insurance coverage among young adult sexual minorities in same-sex couples.
