Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s. In this paper, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant … maternal health indicators. We find that the 13 percentage point increase in Medicaid eligibility during the study period was …

Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s. In this paper, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant … maternal health indicators. We find that the 13 percentage point increase in Medicaid eligibility during the study period was …

stays yields three main insights. First, Medicaid-covered residents prolong their stays instead of transitioning to … community-based care due to limited cost-sharing. Second, nursing homes shorten Medicaid stays when capacity binds to admit more … episode-based provider reimbursement is more effective in shortening Medicaid stays than increasing resident cost …