Health Insurance for Whom? The ‘Spill-Up’ Effects of Children's Health Insurance on Mothers

Grossman, Daniel; Tello‐Trillo, Sebastian; Willage, Barton

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“…Research on the impact of Medicaid has also focused on variation generated by state decisions. Guldi and Hamersma (2023) find that pregnancy-related Medicaid expansions in the late 1980s significantly improved maternal mental health; McMorrow et al (2016) find that state increases in parental Medicaid income eligibility thresholds in the 1997 to 2010 period reduced the incidence of moderate psychological distress for low-income parents; and Grossman et al (2022) find that expansions of Medicaid to children in the same time period also led to improved mental health for their mothers. 8 Two papers focus on more recent state-level variation in Medicaid eligibility due to the Affordable Care Act: McMorrow et al (2017) find a reduction in severe psychological distress among parents with incomes below the Medicaid income limit that is concentrated among men, and Simon et al (2017) find a reduction in days of poor mental health among men with incomes below the poverty line but find no effect for women or parents, and they find no detectable effect on smoking or drinking for any group.…”

Section: Effects Of Individual Programs On Mental Health and Risky Be...mentioning

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The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors

Schmidt¹,

Shore‐Sheppard²,

Watson³

2023

J Policy Anal Manage

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Single mothers are more likely to experience mental health problems and stress-related negative health behaviors than their married counterparts, but a more generous safety net may improve these outcomes. We use a simulated safety net eligibility approach that accounts for interactions across safety net programs and relies on changing policies across states and time to identify causal effects of safety net generosity on psychological distress and risky behaviors of single mothers. Results suggest that a more generous safety net is protective of maternal mental health: a $1,000 increase to the simulated potential combined cash and food benefit package reduces severe psychological distress by 8.4 percent. Breaking out effects by individual programs while still controlling for potential benefits from other programs, we find protective effects of tax credits, cash benefits provided by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and food benefits provided by Supplemental Nutritional Assistance, but no effects of Medicaid eligibility. The effects are primarily driven by single mothers with the lowest levels of education. We find no significant effects of generosity on daily smoking, but we find evidence that benefits reduce the likelihood of heavy drinking. Results suggest that government investments in resources available to low-income families can be effective at improving well-being.

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Section: Effects Of Individual Programs On Mental Health and Risky Be...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors

Schmidt¹,

Shore‐Sheppard²,

Watson³

2023

J Policy Anal Manage

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Health Insurance for Whom? The ‘Spill-Up’ Effects of Children's Health Insurance on Mothers

Cited by 1 publication

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The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors

The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors

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