How did SCHIP affect the insurance coverage of immigrant children?

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^a   Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^b   Wong, Kathleen N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd out; Health insurance; Immigrants; Medicaid; SCHIP; Take up

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949121995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1835     Document Type: Article

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