Wisconsin's experience with medicaid auto-enrollment: Lessons for other states

Medicare and Medicaid Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  de Leire, Thomas ^a   Leininger, Lindsey ^b   Dague, Laura ^a   Mok, Shannon ^c   Friedsam, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto enrollment; Enrollment; Medicaid; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; POVERTY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CHILD; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84930486247     PISSN: 21590354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5600/mmrr.002.02.a02     Document Type: Article

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