Did Medicaid slow declines in access to health care during the great recession?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examine whether broadened access to Medicaid helped insulate households from declines in health coverage and health care access linked to the 2007-2009 Great Recession.

Data source

2004-2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Study design

Flexible difference-in-difference regressions were used to compare the impact of county-level unemployment on health care access in states with generous Medicaid eligibility guidelines versus states with restrictive guidelines.

Data collection/extraction methods

Nonelderly adults (aged 19-64) in the BRFSS were linked to county unemployment rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program. We created a Medicaid generosity index by simulating the share of a natio

SUBMITTER: Benitez JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8313958 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature