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Public insurance and marital outcomes: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansions

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  • Tom Potoms

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

  • Sarah Rosenberg

    (Lund University)

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  • Tom Potoms & Sarah Rosenberg, 2024. "Public insurance and marital outcomes: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansions," IFS Working Papers W24/53, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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