Examining the Impact of ACA Medicaid Expansion on Insurance Coverage, Access to Care and Health of Low-Income Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine longer-term effects of Medicaid expansion on insurance coverage, access to care, and health, and investigate heterogeneous effects across demographic characteristics of low-income parents.

Study setting and design

We estimated linear probability models for having healthcare coverage and access to care and reporting days of not good physical and mental health in the past 30 days. We adjusted for individual- and state-level factors, and state and year fixed effects. Our treatment group included low-income parents residing in Medicaid expansion states, and our control group included high-income parents residing in Medicaid expansion states and ineligible for any Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. We used difference-in-differences and event-study designs.<

SUBMITTER: Andreyeva E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461110 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature