Abstract
Objectives. To estimate the effects of same-sex marriage recognition on health insurance coverage. Methods. We used 2008-2017 data from the American Community Survey that represent 18 416 674 adult respondents in the United States. We estimated changes to health insurance outcomes using state-year variation in marriage equality recognition in a difference-in-differences framework. Results. Marriage equality led to a 0.61 percentage point (P = .03) increase in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, with similar results for men and women. Conclusions. US adults gained employer-sponsored coverage as a result of marriage equality recognition over the study period, likely because of an increase in dependent coverage for newly recognized same-sex married partners.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 537-539 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American journal of public health |
Volume | 110 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health