In this study, we examine the effects of Medicaid managed care (MMC) on prenatal care utilization and infant health. We …, and we conclude that Medicaid managed care had virtually no causal effect on, prenatal care use, birth outcomes, and …

We use data from the National Health Interview Surveys to measure the effects of the growth of Medicaid managed care on … children. We examine both the probability that individual children were Medicaid-covered and their utilization of care. We find … that managed care penetration has significant effects on the composition of the Medicaid caseload. Poor white and Hispanic …

Evaluations of changes to the Medicaid program have focused on increases in the generosity of income cutoffs for … Medicaid eligibility. Previous research shows that despite dramatic increases in the number of births paid for by the Medicaid … program, women often enroll in Medicaid at the point of birth rather than before. States have addressed this problem by …

mismatch over time and their relationship to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program income eligibility … driven by families led by single mothers, who are more likely to be affected by Medicaid expansions for parents. Treating a …

through which infants become infected by respiratory illnesses, as well as the consequences of early-life respiratory disease …-municipality variation in respiratory disease prevalence among preschool-aged children to identify differential long-term impacts of early … disease prevalence distribution ("disease index") is associated with a 30.9 percent differential increase in the number of …