Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020-2021.
To examine whether previous Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions had an added effect on the mental health of low-income adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. We use the 2017-2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. We use an event study difference-in-dif...
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Sage Publications Inc.
4/13/2023
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