Can Medicaid be a Solution to the Problem? Underinsurance in Medicaid Expansion Versus Non-Expansion States.

ABSTRACT: The positive effects of Medicaid expansions have been extensively documented in the literature. However, it is not clear whether the reform has had an equally meaningful effect with respect to underinsurance, which is the state of having health insurance yet lacking adequate coverage or facing substantial financial risks upon usage of services. Based on a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach, we analyzed the data from a nationally representative sample to estimate the effect of Medicaid expansion on the probability of underinsurance among the non-elderly low-income adult population of the U.S. We found no evidence of significant changes in the likelihood of underinsurance due to Medicaid expansion during the first 4 years after the ACA implementation. However, a supplement

SUBMITTER: Izguttinov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10542319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature