During the 1990s and early 2000s many states expanded Medicaid eligibility for parents particularly after the 1996 … welfare reform. At the same time, welfare reform also put in place policies that limited the eligibility of recent immigrants … for public programs including Medicaid. This paper evaluates the effects of these changes in Medicaid eligibility policy …

Using variation in the coverage of gender-affirming care under Medicaid, we pro- vide the first evidence of increasing … availability of Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care and income-based Medicaid eligibility thresholds. Results demonstrate … that Medicaid cover- age of gender-affirming care meaningfully improves the mental health of transgender people. We also …

This paper examines the impact of Medicaid expansions to parents and childless adults on adult mortality. Specifically …, we evaluate the long-run effects of eight state Medicaid expansions from 1994 through 2005 on all-cause, healthcare … across all treated states. Using a 5% significance level, we find no evidence that Medicaid expansions affect any of the …

indeed increase Medicaid take-up rates. I find that language access improves Medicaid take-up rates among LEP migrants …Limited language proficiency among migrants has been shown to limit migrants from various aspects of everyday life …, from the labor market to government services. In the USA, language access laws have been enacted to help provide Limited …

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 …

The difficulties that Medicaid beneficiaries face accessing medical care are often attributed to the program's low … reimbursement rates relative to other payers. There is little evidence, however, as to the actual effects of Medicaid doctor payment … rates on access and health outcomes for beneficiaries. In this paper, we exploit within-state variation in Medicaid …

We estimate the causal impact of access to means-tested public health insurance coverage (Medicaid) on health outcomes … that allowed simplified Medicaid re-enrollment for previously incarcerated eligible individuals. Using linked … administrative data on criminal convictions and health insurance claims, we find that reducing barriers in access to Medicaid for …

The 2014 Medicaid expansion excluded Americans over 65, but they could still be affected via spillover effects. Using … Medicare administrative data, we test for spillovers in Medicaid coverage and Medicare spending among Medicare beneficiaries … Medicaid before joining Medicare; and those 65 or older in 2014, whose Medicaid eligibility was never affected by the expansion …

The 2014 Medicaid expansion excluded Americans over 65, but they could still be affected via spillover effects. Using … Medicare administrative data, we test for spillovers in Medicaid coverage and Medicare spending among Medicare beneficiaries … Medicaid before joining Medicare; and those 65 or older in 2014, whose Medicaid eligibility was never affected by the expansion …