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Title: Medicaid expansions for the working age disabled: Revisiting the crowd-out of private health insurance

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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DOI: 10.1016/J.JHEALECO.2014.12.007

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Abstract: Disabled individuals under 65 years old account for 15% of Medicaid recipients but half of all Medicaid spending. Despite their large cost, few studies have investigated the effects of Medicaid expansions for disabled individuals on insurance coverage and crowd-out of private insurance. Using an eligibility expansion that allowed states to provide Medicaid to disabled individuals with incomes less than 100% of the federal poverty level, I address these issues. Crowd-out estimates range from 49% using an ordinary least squares procedure to 100% using two-stage least-squares analysis. This potentially large degree of crowd-out could have fiscal implications for the Affordable Care Act which has greatly expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2014.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629614001544

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Authors: Wagner, Kathryn L.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Health Economics

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Volume: 40

Pages: 69-82

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Health

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