people in the United States - 18.4 percent of those under 65 - do not have insurance coverage to pay for their health care … sectors are the dominant source of health insurance for nonelderly individuals in the United States, providing coverage for … insurance in the United States is voluntary. Employers are not legally required to provide coverage to their workers, and …

assessment of the past and potential impacts of taxation on health insurance coverage and costs. I begin by reviewing the central … insurance coverage and costs, and I review the existing empirical evidence on the key behavioral parameters required to model … these impacts. I conclude with the policy implications of these findings for tax policies to expand insurance coverage …

This paper studies the accuracy of reported Medicaid coverage in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP …. Overall, we estimate that the SIPP underestimates Medicaid coverage in the California population by about 10 percent. Among … coverage in a month when they are actually covered is around 85 percent. The corresponding probability for low-income children …