Demand for health insurance: Evidence from the California and Washington ACA exchanges.

I estimate demand for health insurance using consumer-level data from the California and Washington ACA exchanges. I use the demand estimates to simulate the impact of policies targeting adverse selection, including subsidies and the individual mandate. I find (1) own-premium elasticities of -7.2 to...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Health Economics Vol. 63; pp. 197 - 223
Main Author: Saltzman, Evan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Jan2019
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost