RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Full Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Political Participation
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 179
OP 204
DO 10.7758/RSF.2020.6.2.08
VO 6
IS 2
A1 Charles Courtemanche
A1 James Marton
A1 Aaron Yelowitz
YR 2020
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/6/2/179.abstract
AB This article examines the impact of both the Medicaid expansion and the private insurance-related components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on voter turnout and registration. We employ a difference-in-difference-in-differences identification strategy exploiting variation over time, state Medicaid expansion status, and within-state local area pre-ACA uninsured rates. Using data between 2006 and 2016 from the November Current Population Survey and the Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, our results suggest little effect of the ACA on voter turnout or registration.