The Affordable Care Act and Racial Disparities in Healthcare Utilization
New Evidence From Employer Mandate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10429665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahmad Reshad Osmani (0000-0003-3327-1889, Department of Economics and Finance, Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, USA, corresponding author), Md Mohsan Khudri (0000-0003-4960-2259, Department of Economics, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-169 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Black Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6446 • E-ISSN: 1936-4814 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00346446241239657 |
| OpenAlex | W4392965129 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
The 2010 United States Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates small and mid-size firms to provide health insurance for full-time workers. This study investigates whether a key provision of the ACA employer mandate has reduced racial disparities in health services use among uterine cancer (UC) survivors. Employing a nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from 2008 to 2017 and the Difference-in-Differences empirical model, we find that the ACA employer mandate increases the utilization of pap smear tests among all groups of UC survivors. Additionally, our results suggest a rise in physician's office visits among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic UC survivors driven by the announcement of the employer mandate in the post-ACA period. Our results further suggest a reduction in out-of-pocket prescription drug expenditure among UC survivors of racial and ethnic minorities. Study findings have implications for improving ethnic minority female population health outcomes
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health equity · Health insurance · Mandate · Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act · Political science · Public economics · Global Health Care Issues · Health Services Management and Policy · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Public Administration
A More Credible Approach to Parallel Trends
Pretest with Caution
The ACA’s Impact On Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health Insurance Coverage And Access To Care
Premium subsidies, the mandate, and Medicaid expansion
Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical Care, and Child Health
An Analysis of Transformations
What Are We Weighting For
Labor Market Discrimination Against Hispanic and Black Men
Affordable Care Act and Disparities in Health Services Utilization among Ethnic Minority Breast Cancer Survivors
Black-white disparities during an epidemic
Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States
Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply
Color or Culture
Prejudice, clinical uncertainty and stereotyping as sources of health disparities
Poverty, out-of-pocket payments and access to health care
The Affordable Care Act and the Growth of Involuntary Part-Time Employment
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