Hieu Choice Variables¶

affordability | family_type_for_afford_esi | self_affordability | tax_dependent |

subsidy_amount_total | subsidy_bronze_total | cal | exp | oop | full_time |

fam_aff_fam | min_esi_self_cost | hieu_min_esi_self_cost | min_esi_fam_cost |

offer_wo_ACA | offer_w_ACA | policy_id | policy_holder | sector

family_id¶

Family Identifier

Format	Example
%8.0g	10014678
body row 2	10000100
span rows.	10019901

person_id¶

Individual Identifier

Male¶

Gender
0	Female
1	Male

race_ethnicity¶

Race/ethnicity

1	White
2	Latino
3	African American
4	Asian
5	Other

age¶

Age

lep¶

Limited English Proficiency

doc_status¶

Immigration status

0	US-Born
1	Naturalized Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident for 5+ Years
2	Legal Permanent Resident for < 5 Years
3	Undocumented

mcaid_elig_exante¶

Ex-ante Medicaid Eligibility

0
1

coverage¶

ex-ante Insurance Category

1	ESI
2	Private
3	Medicare
4	Medicaid
5	Other Public
6	Uninsured

predicted_exante_elig¶

??? False restructuredtext

u_esi¶

ESI utility

u_priv¶

nongroup utility

u_unins¶

uninsured utility

u_mcaid¶

Medicaid utility

u_mcare¶

Medicare Utility

c_esi¶

ESI Latent Variable

c_priv¶

Nongroup Latent Variable

c_mcaid¶

Medicaid Latent Variable

c_mcare¶

Medicare Latent Variable

c_unins¶

Uninsured Latent Variable

affordability¶

Indicator of whether access to affordable ESI makes one ineligible for exchange subsidies.

Alternative name: afford_esi_makes_me_subs_inelig

0	No
1	Yes

family_type_for_afford_esi¶

Indicates the applicable family premium used to determine whether family coverage is affordable. Example: two parents with two kids eligible for Medicaid have family_type_for_afford_esi of “dual” as children would be ineligible for subsidies. This only exists for those eligible for ESI thru their employer.

1	Single
2	Dual
3	One Parent + children
4	Two Parents + children
5	Not eligible for ESI through employer

self_affordability¶

Indicates access to affordable self-only coverage through my employer (or does this just mean someone in family has access to affordable self-only coverage? Ask Ian.)

0	No
1	Yes

tax_dependent¶

Individual is claimed as a dependent on someone else’s tax filing.

0	independent
1	tax dependent

prem_type¶

I don’t know! Ask Jason and/or Ian! Maybe it has to do with premium type of policy holder?

ind_income¶

Individual income

ind_fpl¶

Confirm with Jason, but this sounds like FPL base on individual income assuming single-person-family

use fpl for those whose person_type is < 4. You also use fpl for those whose person_type is 4 or higher AND who are tax_dependent=1. And then you use ind_fpl for those whose person_type is 4 or higher AND who are tax_dependent=0. I would recommend creating a TIAC variable to make this a little more straightforward and then using fpl for those who are not TIACs and ind_fpl for those who are.

hieu_id¶

Health Insurance Unit Identifier

person_type¶

Relationship to other members of the HIEU

0	First Primary adult
1	Second Primary adult
2	Child 1, age <= 18, documented
3	Child 2, age <= 18, undocumented
4	Adult Child 1
5	Adult Child 2
6	Adult Child 3
7	Adult Child 4

choice¶

Ex-Post Insurance Category

1	Uninsured
2	Own ESI
3	Spouse ESI
4	Parent 1 ESI
5	Parent 2 ESI
6	Exchange: Silver Plan
7	Exchange: Bronze Plan
8	Exchange: Catastrophic Plan (No Longer Used)
9	Medicaid
10	Medicare / Other Public

p_id¶

Person ID

ins_p¶

???

firm_id¶

Employer Firm Identifier

plan_id¶

???

var¶

???

xc_sub¶

Exchange Subsidy Eligible

0	No
1	Yes

mcaid¶

Eligible for Medicaid and predicted to be eligible for Medicaid in simulation year

False True

new_mcaid¶

??? “elig with aca, not elig without aca”

pred_mcaid¶

??? “predicted. we don’t use that”

penalty¶

Mandate Penalty Amount?

esi_premium¶

ESI Premium (Single/Family?)

wage_delta¶

Change in Wage Due to Change in Coverage (separate from min wage)

age_rated_premium¶

Unsubsidized premium for the individual (chosen plan, either silver or bronze)

age_rated_bronze_prem¶

Unsubsidized age rated bronze premium for individual

age_rated_slv_prem¶

Unsubsidized age rated silver premium for individual

xc_prem¶

Dollar value of the expected contribution toward individual market premium (for individual’s premium amount) after subsidy amount

sub_amount¶

Dollar value for the subsidy amount that an individual enrolled in the IM receives. For affordability policies, this includes those whose subsidy is tied to bronze levels. Only calculated for those who are enrolled in IM coverage

sub_amount_default¶

Dollar value for the subsidy amount that an individual enrolled in the IM would have received under the default policy (no state subsidies). Only calculated for those who are enrolled in IM coverage.

subsidy_amount_total¶

Dollar value of the amount of subsidy a household would receive if they enrolled in the individual market. For those with subsidy_elig = 1

subsidy_bronze_total¶

Dollar value of the amount of subsidy a household would receive if they enrolled in the individual market. For those with bronze_only = 1

cal¶

Individual Calibration Latent Variable for Ex-post Choice

exp¶

Healthcare Expenditure

oop¶

Out of Pocket Expenditure

full_time¶

this is individual level

Full-Time Worker

-1	Self-employed workers and children <=18 or unemployed
0	Part-time workers
1	Full-time workers, not self-employed

pt¶

this is firm level

. (may be missing if person is not a worker, or if firm does not offer at all)

0	Firm doesn’t offer to part-time workers (but does offer to FT worker)
1	Firm offers to part-time workers

self_empl¶

-1	Not-relevant
0	Not self-employed
1	Self-employed

region¶

Exchange Rating Region

1	Northern Counties	7	Santa Clara	13	LA
2	North Bay	8	San Mateo	14	LA
3	Sacramento Valley	9	Central Coast combined	15	Inland Empire
4	San Francisco	10	San Juaquin/Central Valley combined	16	Orange
5	Contra Costa	11	Eastern Counties	17	San Diego
6	Alameda	12	Kern

hieu_utility¶

Health Insurance Unit Total Utility

hieu_oop¶

Health Insurance Unit Total Out of Pocket Expenditure

hieu_tot_c¶

Health Insurance Unit Total Latent Variable

p_weight¶

Individual Weight

fpl¶

Percent of Federal Poverty Level

offer¶

Ex-Post ESI Offer (firm level variable)

Indicates if an individual’s firm is “currently”(at the end of the simulation) offering ESI to at least FT.

Missing for non-workers.

Alternative name: employer_offers_esi

prev_offer¶

Ex-Ante ESI Offer (firm level variable)

Indicates if a firm offered pre-ACA to at least FT

missing for non-workers

prev_having_offer¶

Individual level offer of ESI ex-ante

(if parent 1 or parent 2 has an offer then entire hieu has an offer; if no offer then look at adult children to see if they have their own offer)

True False

curr_having_offer¶

Based on eligibility for ESI. Indicator if individual is eligible for ESI through employer or thru another family member.

Alternative name: esi_elig_thru_someone

True False

indiv_having_offer¶

The individual is eligible for ESI thru their employer.

Alternative name: esi_elig_thru_employer

0	Not Eligible
1	Eligible for ESI through employer

real_fam_cost¶

the actual family premium used for that person according to family type

real_self_cost¶

the actual self premium used for that person

aff_self¶

boolean, is the person’s self offer affordable (false if no own self offer)

aff_fam¶

boolean, is the person’s family offer affordable (false if no own family offer)

fam_aff_self¶

boolean, is there an affordable self offer in the person’s family (tiacs are their own family for the purposes of this variable)

fam_aff_fam¶

boolean, is there an affordable family offer in the person’s family (tiacs are their own family for the purposes of this variable)

min_esi_self_cost¶

The minimum self premium of an individual

hieu_min_esi_self_cost¶

min_esi_fam_cost¶

The minimum family premium of a family (exclude TIAC)

offer_wo_ACA¶

(intermediate level variable–get rid of?)

Firm level offer of ESI ex-ante

True False

offer_w_ACA¶

(intermediate level variable–get rid of?)

Firm level offer of ESI ex-post

True False

policy_id¶

policy_holder¶

Is the Individual the Policy Holder?

0	No
1	Yes

sector¶

0	Not working
1	Private
2	Federal
3	State/local