The effect of expanding Medicaid eligibility on Supplemental Security Income program participation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 149, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-34

  Burns, Marguerite ^a   Dague, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability policy; Health insurance; Medicaid; Supplemental Security Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016421867     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.03.004     Document Type: Article

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