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To determine how the Affordable Care Act's dependent-coverage provision altered insurance coverage rates among young adults seeking treatment for major medical emergencies.

May 29, 2013New England Journal of MedicineOpen Access

Insurance Coverage of Emergency Care for Young Adults under Health Reform

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To determine how the Affordable Care Act's dependent-coverage provision altered insurance coverage rates among young adults seeking treatment for major medical emergencies.
Evaluated more than 480,000 nondiscretionary emergency department visits from 2009 through 2011 using a large, geographically diverse hospital claims dataset.
Employed a difference-in-differences approach comparing affected young adults (19 to 25 years of age) with an unaffected control group of adults (26 to 31 years of age).
Private insurance coverage for nondiscretionary emergency visits among young adults increased by 3.1 percentage points (95% CI, 2.3 to 3.9; relative increase, 5.2%; P<0.001) relative to controls.
The proportion of uninsured emergency visits fell by 1.7 percentage points (95% CI, -2.8 to -0.7; relative decrease, 9.1%; P<0.001), while Medicaid and other nonprivate coverage rates remained stable.
The coverage expansion accounted for an estimated 22,072 emergency visits by newly insured young adults and $147 million in covered costs during a 1-year period.

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Comparative study finds increased private insurance coverage for emergency care in young adults, indicating improved financial protection against sudden illness.

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Mulcahy et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a73a40c5cf601c089279f97 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa1212779

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Comparative study finds increased private insurance coverage for emergency care in young adults, indicating improved financial protection against sudden illness.

Insurance Coverage of Emergency Care for Young Adults under Health Reform

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