In both its costs and the number of its enrollees, Medicaid is the largest means-tested
transfer program in the United States. It is also a fundamental part of the health care system …

The onset of Medicare eligibility at age 65 leads to sharp changes in the health insurance
coverage of the US population. These changes lead to increases in the use of medical …

This paper provides new evidence that Medicaid's introduction reduced infant and child
mortality in the 1960s and 1970s. Mandated coverage of all cash welfare recipients induced …

Economists rely heavily on self-reported measures of health to examine the relationship
between income and health. We directly compare survey responses of a self-reported …

Despite considerable research, there is little consensus about the impact of Medicaid
eligibility expansions for low-income children. In this paper, I reexamine the expansions …

While population health and welfare can be improved through the provision of non-cash
benefits, such as free healthcare, many welfare improving schemes have low rates of take …

Abstract Context: The Medicaid program provides health insurance coverage to a diverse
set of demographics. We know little about how the policy community describes these …

The costs of public insurance expansions are ordinarily justified by the claim that increased
eligibility causes gains in insurance coverage, which translate into improved health care and …

Objectives: We examine the relationship between health insurance coverage and children's
access to and utilization of medical care. Access measures we study are having a usual …

Objective. To examine whether known Medicaid enrollees misreport their health insurance
coverage in surveys and the extent to which misreports of lack of coverage bias estimates of …