Evaluation of State & Federal Young Adult Dependent Coverage Expansion Policies (2010)

Principal Investigator: Joel Cantor, ScD, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy

This project will evaluate the impact of state policies to extend eligibility for dependent coverage to young adults, analyzing (1) how variations in key access and cost provisions of state laws influence the coverage of targeted young adults; and (2) how the dependent coverage provisions of the PPACA affect coverage of young adults as the provisions are phased in over 2010 and 2011.

Read the Program Results Report for this project.

Publications

Expanded Young Adult Dependent Coverage under the Affordable Care Act and Its Implications for Risk Pooling
(February 2014, Brief)

State and Federal Young Adult Coverage Expansion Policies: Further Analysis and New Questions
(April 2013, Webinar)

Did the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Provision Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Young Adults?
(June 2012, Presentation)

Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults
(October 2012, Presentation)

Expanding Dependent Coverage for Young Adults: Lessons from State Iniatives
(February 2012, Article)

How Have State Policies to Expand Dependent Coverage Affecte dthe Health Insurance Status of Young Adults?
(February 2011, Article)

Media Coverage of Findings

Impact of Paterson's Health Care Plan May Be Limited

(January 2009, New York Times)