Estimates the drop in the number of uninsured and the rise in government costs from not limiting Medicaid eligibility for adults to the disabled and those with dependent children but basing it on income level, under two scenarios. Discusses implications.
Title: The Coverage and Cost Impacts of Expanding Medicaid
Publication date 2009-05-12
Publication Year 2009
Authors
Aaron Lucas
, Allison Cook
, Bowen Garrett
, Irene Headen
, John Holahan
Copyright holder(s)
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Geographical Focus
North America / United States
Keywords
uninsured
, coverage
, FPL
, non parents
, number of uninsured
Document type
Report/Whitepaper
Language
English
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