Effects of Medicaid expansion on insurance coverage and health services use among adults with disabilities newly eligible for Medicaid.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effects of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion on insurance and health services use for adults with disabilities who were newly eligible for Medicaid.

Data sources

2008-2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data.

Study design

We used the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) PUBSIM model to identify adults aged 26-64 years with disabilities who were newly Medicaid-eligible in expansion states or would have been eligible in non-expansion states had those states opted to expand. Outcomes included insurance coverage; access to care; receipt of primary care, outpatient specialty physician services, and preventive services; and out-of-pocket health care spending. To estimate the effects of Medicaid expansion, we used two-way f

SUBMITTER: Creedon TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature