Effect of State Health Insurance Mandates on Employer-provided Health Insurance

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N van der Goes ◽  
Justin Wang ◽  
Katharine C Wolchik
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
State Health ◽  
Insurance Mandates ◽  
State Health Insurance ◽  
Health Insurance Mandates

scholarly journals Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne P. Bitler ◽  
Christopher S. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cost Sharing ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cancer Society ◽  
High School Degree ◽  
Insurance Mandates ◽  
State Health Insurance ◽  
Screening Mammograms ◽  
Health Insurance Mandates

We examine the effects of state health insurance mandates requiring coverage of screening mammograms. We find evidence that mammography mandates significantly increased mammography screenings by 4.5–25 percent. Effects are larger for women with less than a high school degree in states that ban deductibles, a policy similar to a provision of federal health reform that eliminates cost-sharing for preventive care. We also find that mandates increased detection of early stage in-situ precancers. Finally, we find a substantial proportion of the increased screenings were attributable to mandates that are not consistent with 2014 recommendations of the American Cancer Society. (JEL G22, H51, H75, I12, I13, J16)

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