Association between state Medicaid expansion status and health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess post-COVID-19 changes in insurance coverage, health behaviors, and self-assessed health among low-income, non-elderly adults by state Medicaid expansion status.

Data sources

We used nationally representative survey data from the 2016 through 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The sample was restricted to adults aged 19-64 with household income below 138 percent of the federal poverty level (N = 179,135).

Study design

We examined a broad set of outcomes related to coverage, health behaviors, and self-assessed health available in the BRFSS. We used a difference-in-differences model to compare changes in outcomes for individuals living in the 35 states and DC that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to those in the 15

SUBMITTER: Rakus A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9538092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature