Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...

IntroductionThe Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion in 2014 improved access to care. However, not all states adopted the expansion, and debates on reform or repeal continue. In addition, few studies have analyzed differential effects by demographic characteristics.MethodsUsing nationally...