This report uses Medicaid administrative records rather than survey data to examine children's movement between Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program from 2005 through 2007. These data capture true changes in eligibility and provide a better source for estimating how often...

Income is a critical classification variable for policy-related analyses, and together with poverty status is often key in the development of public policy. Most federal household surveys collect some income data and provide measures of poverty status. Yet income is difficult to measure in...

Available from Urban Institute as "Counting the Uninsured: A Review of the Literature" part of the Assessing the New Federalism project. (202) 857-8687.

Previous studies have identified possible shortcomings in the SIPP data on wealth, raising concerns about using these data for research purposes. This report compares recent SIPP estimates of wealth with those derived from the Survey of Consumer Finances and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics,...

Food stamp time limits were meant to encourage the able-bodied to work, but this study suggests that supports to help people move into employment were often in short supply. Furthermore, many of those subject to time limits were not able to work because of serious issues such as substance abuse,...

This brief considers the process by which modified adjusted gross income—an annual measure of income specified by the ACA for use in determining both Medicaid and subsidy eligibility—can be converted to a measure of current monthly income for the purpose of Medicaid eligibility...