Connecting Medicaid and child support: evidence from the TennCare disenrollment

Lindsey Rose Bullinger and Daniel Tello-Trillo
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Lindsey Rose Bullinger: School of Public Policy

Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, vol. 19, issue 3, No 8, 785-812

Abstract: Abstract In 2005, Tennessee disenrolled about 170,000 adults from its Medicaid program. This health insurance reform has been shown to decrease access to care and worsen financial well-being. Those affected by the disenrollment greatly overlaps with the population responsible for paying child support. We examine whether the contraction of public health insurance eligibility in Tennessee affected child support receipt. We find that after TennCare disenrollment, parents with custody of children in Tennessee were 7.2 percentage points (16 percent) less likely to receive child support income. Child support income also decreased by $204 (20 percent). We document heterogenous effects, with the largest effect among custodial parents who are non-white, under age 40, and above the poverty line.

Keywords: Medicaid; Child Support; Health Insurance; Tennessee (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-021-09547-w

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