Association of Medicaid expansion with health insurance coverage by marital status and sex.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association of Medicaid expansion with health insurance coverage by marital status and sex.

Methods

A population-based, quasi-experimental policy analysis was undertaken of the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansion provision on or after January 1, 2014. The 2010-16 American Community Survey provided data on 3,874,432 Medicaid-eligible adults aged 19-64 with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level. The outcome measures were no health insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage. The predictor variables were marital status and sex, with controls for family size, poverty status, race/ethnicity, education, employment status, immigration status, and metropolitan residence.

Results

In 2016,

SUBMITTER: Stimpson JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6808332 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature