Replication data for: The Effects of the Massachusetts Health Reform on Household Financial Distress

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Bhashkar Mazumder; Sarah Miller

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Project Citation:

Mazumder, Bhashkar, and Miller, Sarah. Replication data for: The Effects of the Massachusetts Health Reform on Household Financial Distress. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116512V1

Project Description

Summary: In this paper, we examine the effect of a major health care reform in Massachusetts on a broad set of financial outcomes using credit report data. We exploit variation in the impact of the reform across counties and age groups using pre-reform insurance coverage as a measure of the potential effect of the reform. We find that the reform reduced the amount of debt that was past due, improved credit scores, reduced personal bankruptcies and reduced third-party collections. Our results show that health care reform has implications that extend well beyond the health of those who gain insurance coverage.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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