The Effect of Medicaid Expansions for Low-Income Children on Medicaid Participation and Private Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the SIPP

Lara Shore-Sheppard and John Ham
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John Ham: Ohio State University, https://web.econ.ohio-state.edu/

No 2003-10, Department of Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics, Williams College

Abstract: We examine Medicaid enrollment and private coverage loss following expansions of Medicaid eligibility. We attempt to replicate Cutler and Gruber's (1996) results using the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and find smaller rates of take-up and little evidence of crowding out. We find that some of the difference in results can be attributed to different samples and recall periods in the data sets used. Extending the previous literature, we find that take-up is slightly increased if a child's siblings are eligible and with time spent eligible. Focusing on children whose eligibility status changes during the sample, we estimate smaller take-up effects. We find little evidence of crowding out in any of our extensions.

Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2003-06
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Published in Journal of Public Economics, Special Issue January 2005, v. 89, iss. 1, pp. 57-83.

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