Health reform

2018 Key Findings

• July 15, 2019
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Affordable Care Act, Behavioral economics, benefit claiming, Cognition, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, Health reform, International, Labor force participation, Labor Supply, Life-cycle model, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Mortality trends, OASDI trust funds, Older workers, Payroll taxes, pensions, Program interaction, retirement savings, Second career, Social Security, Social Security program communications, Social Security reform, Social Security spousal benefits, Supplemental Security Income, Totalization, Veterans

Is the Affordable Care Act Affecting Retirement Yet?

• May 21, 2019
• Susan Barnes
• Affordable Care Act, Health reform, Labor force participation, Older workers

Is the Affordable Care Act Affecting Retirement Yet?

• March 11, 2019
• Susan Barnes
• Affordable Care Act, Health reform, Labor force participation, Older workers

We analyze whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected labor supply of older Americans using data that span more than four years after the policy’s implementation in 2014. We find no changes in labor supply of older Americans either…

Health Reform Key Findings, 2014-2018

• August 15, 2018
• Susan Barnes
• Health reform

The Effect of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Post-Displacement Labor Supply among the Near-Elderly

• June 14, 2018
• Affordable Care Act, Health reform, Labor force participation, Labor Supply

The Effect of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Post-Displacement Labor Supply among the Near-Elderly

• June 14, 2018
• Affordable Care Act, Health reform, Labor force participation, Labor Supply

Expanded health-insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides alternative channels to obtain health-insurance coverage outside employment, which in theory may affect whether people want to work, how much they work, and the sorting of individuals into jobs. Although…

Health Reform and Health Insurance Coverage of Early Retirees

• June 14, 2018
• Health reform, Retirement

Health Reform and Health Insurance Coverage of Early Retirees

• June 14, 2018
• Health reform, Retirement

This paper presents evidence of the dynamics of health insurance coverage between 2008 and 2014 among early retirees, defined as individuals ages 55 to 64 who are not in the labor force. We focus on three questions. First, how did…

The Effect of Health Reform on Retirement

• June 14, 2018
• Affordable Care Act, Health reform, Medicaid, Retirement

The Effect of Health Reform on Retirement

• June 14, 2018
• Affordable Care Act, Health reform, Medicaid, Retirement

Many studies have shown that the availability of health insurance is an important determinant of the retirement decision. Beginning in January 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) made affordable alternatives to employer-sponsored health insurance much more widely available than they…