How Effective are Public Policies to Increase Health Insurance Coverage Among Young Adults?
评估了1997年SCHIP和近年延长父母保险覆盖法律对19-24岁年轻人保险覆盖的影响，发现两种政策均有效增加了覆盖率。
This paper assesses the impact of policies to increase insurance coverage for young adults. The introduction of SCHIP in 1997 enabled low-income teens up to age 19 to gain access to public health insurance. More recent policies enabled young adults between the ages of 19 and (typically) 24 to remain covered under their parents' health insurance. We use the discrete break in coverage at age 19 to evaluate the impact of SCHIP, and quasi-experimental variation to evaluate the impact of “extended parental coverage” laws. Our results suggest that both types of policies were effective at increasing health insurance coverage.