This paper presents the first national estimates of the effects of the SCHIP expansions on insurance coverage. Using … CPS data on insurance coverage during the years 1996 through 2000, we estimate two-stage least squares regressions of … insurance coverage. We find that SCHIP had a small, but statistically significant positive effect on insurance coverage. Our …

relationship between the affordability of coverage and the large number of uninsured in the U.S. is important for understanding the … barriers to purchasing coverage for the uninsured and evaluating the role of policy in reducing this number. We propose several … uninsured who are unable to afford coverage. We find that, depending on the definition, health insurance was affordable to …

This paper examines why health insurance coverage fell despite the lengthy economic boom of the 1990s. I show that … insurance coverage declined primarily because fewer workers took up coverage when offered it, not because fewer workers were …

insurance coverage and to allow voluntary purchases of supplementary insurance on the private market. Yet we know little about … the effects of such programs on total insurance coverage and on welfare. A primary concern is that the compulsory public …

measure the effects on Medicaid coverage, overall health insurance coverage, and the probability of visiting a doctor. The … families below the poverty line. We estimate that this law led to about a 10 percentage point rise in Medicaid coverage for … law had relatively small effects on Medicaid coverage for children near the eligibility limits, and little or no effect on …