| Title |
Contraception Use, Abortions, and Births: The Effect of Insurance Mandates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Demography, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-015-0412-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Karen Mulligan |
| Abstract |
Beginning August, 2012, the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) required new private health insurance plans to cover contraceptive methods and counseling without requiring an insured's copay. The ACA represents the first instance of federally mandated contraception insurance coverage, but 30 U.S. states had already mandated contraceptive insurance coverage through state-level legislation prior to the ACA. This study examines whether mandated insurance coverage of contraception affects contraception use, abortions, and births. I find that mandates increase the likelihood of contraception use by 2.1 percentage points, decrease the abortion rate by 3 %, and have an insignificant impact on the birth rate. The results imply a lower-bound estimate that the ACA will result in approximately 25,000 fewer abortions. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 29 | 44% |
| Spain | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 33 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 60 | 91% |
| Scientists | 5 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 64 | 96% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 24% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 10 | 15% |
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| Social Sciences | 17 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 13% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 21% |
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