Medicaid Expansions from 1997 to 2009 Increased Coverage and Improved Access and Mental Health Outcomes for Low-Income Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effects of past Medicaid eligibility expansions to parents on coverage, access to care, out-of-pocket (OOP) spending, and mental health outcomes, and consider implications for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion.

Data sources

Person-level data from the National Health Interview Survey (1998-2010) is used to measure insurance coverage and related outcomes for low-income parents. Using state identifiers available at the National Center for Health Statistics Research Data Center, we attach state Medicaid eligibility thresholds for parents collected from a variety of sources to NHIS observations.

Study design

We use changes in the Medicaid eligibility threshold for parents within states over time to identify the effects of changes in e

SUBMITTER: McMorrow S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4946033 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature