Medicaid expansions for the working age disabled: Revisiting the crowd-out of private health insurance

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-82

  Wagner, Kathryn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd out; Disability; Health insurance; Medicaid expansions; Public programs

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POVERTY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAID; POVERTY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; WORK DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921320252     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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