Effects of the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act on immigrant children's healthcare access.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effects of Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), a policy that provided states the option to extend Medicaid/CHIP eligibility to immigrant children who have not been legal residents for five years or more, on insurance coverage, access, utilization, and health outcomes among immigrant children.

Data sources

Restricted use 2000-2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

Study design

We used a difference-in-differences design that compared changes in CHIPRA expansion states to changes in non-expansion states.

Data collection

Our sample included immigrant children who were born outside the US, aged 0-18 with family income below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Subgroup analyses were conducted across states t

SUBMITTER: Chu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660422 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature