The Role of Marketplace Policy on Welcome Mat Effects for Children Eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.

ABSTRACT: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required coordination between Marketplaces, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in an effort to streamline application processes and improve enrollment. We use 2013-2018 data from the American Community Survey and difference-in-difference models to estimate the relationship between Marketplace policy and increases in Medicaid/CHIP coverage observed among pre-ACA eligible children after the implementation of the ACA ("welcome mat effects"). Our sample includes non-disabled, citizen children (0-18) at 139-250% FPL who were Medicaid-/CHIP-eligible before (and after) the implementation of the ACA. Marketplace policies studied include state-based versus federally-facilitated, and whether the Marketplace had authority to directly enroll Medi

SUBMITTER: Hudson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656880 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature