Changes in Medicaid Enrollment Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer After Medicaid Expansion: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about whether Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act affects insurance coverage among adult survivors of childhood cancer, a high-risk population requiring lifetime follow-up care. We examined the association of Medicaid expansion with Medicaid enrollment among participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Methods

We identified 13,355 adult survivors (age 18-64 years) diagnosed with cancer at age <21 years between 1970 and 1999 and linked these survivors to Medicaid administrative data from 2010 to 2019. Outcomes included the percentage of survivors with any Medicaid enrollment and Medicaid-covered days (total number of days when a survivor was enrolled in Medicaid) each year. Multivariable difference-in-differences (DD) models were u

SUBMITTER: Ji X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614348 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature