Medicaid for middle-class families? Job loss and health insurance coverage of parents and children

(joint with Chloe East, Elira Kuka and Jessamyn Schaller)

We document striking differences in family insurance coverage patterns after job loss across three income groups, with the largest loss of private health insurance occurring in middle class families. 

While this leads to large gaps in insurance coverage for middle-class parents, we find that access to public health insurance mitigates the effects on children's coverage through two channels: reduced exposure before job loss and increased take up afterwards.

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