Medicaid and marketplace eligibility changes will occur often in all states; policy options can ease impact

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 700-707

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   Graves, John A ^b   Swartz, Katherine ^a   Rosenbaum, Sara ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; POVERTY; ADULT; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898047967     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1023     Document Type: Article

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