ACA Health Insurance Coverage Expansion Did Not Cause Declines In Employer-Sponsored Insurance

The prevalence of employer-sponsored health insurance did not change significantly after the Medicaid expansion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 went into effect. A comparison of employer offers of insurance coverage, employee acceptance rates, and the amount employees paid for out-of-pocket premiums found little change that could be attributed to Medicaid expansion. There may have been an inverse relationship between expanded Medicaid eligibility and the share of employees who were eligible for employer-sponsored insurance.

These findings were reported in “The Impact Of Medicaid Expansion On Employer Provision Of Health Insurance . . .