In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery for the chance to apply for Medicaid …. Using this randomized design and state administrative data on voter behavior, we analyze how a Medicaid expansion affected … voter turnout and registration. We find that Medicaid increased voter turnout in the November 2008 Presidential election by …

We analyze the impact of expanded adult Medicaid eligibility on the Medicaid enrollment of already-eligible children …. To do so, we exploit the 2008 Oregon Medicaid lottery, in which some low-income uninsured adults were randomly selected … for the chance to apply for Medicaid. Children in these households were eligible for Medicaid irrespective of whether the …

This paper provides empirical evidence of Medicaid crowd out of demand for private long-term care insurance. Using data … in the level of assets an individual can keep while qualifying for Medicaid would increase private long-term care … Medicaid asset eligibility requirements to the most stringent Medicaid eligibility requirements allowed by federal law â€" a …

examine the interaction of the public Medicaid program with the private market for long-term care insurance and estimate that … Medicaid can explain the lack of private insurance purchases for at least two-thirds and as much as 90 percent of the wealth … distribution, even if comprehensive, actuarially fair private policies were available. Medicaid's large crowd out effect stems from …