Findings from University of Notre Dame Yields New Data on Health Insurance (Medicaid expansions for the working age disabled: Revisiting the…

Findings from University of Notre Dame Yields New Data on Health Insurance (Medicaid expansions for the working age disabled: Revisiting the crowd-out of private health insurance)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Health Insurance have been published. According to news reporting originating from Notre Dame, Indiana, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "Disabled individuals under 65 years old account for 15% of Medicaid recipients but half of all Medicaid spending. Despite their large cost, few studies have investigated the effects of Medicaid expansions for disabled individuals on insurance coverage and crowd-out of private insurance."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Notre Dame, "Using an eligibility expansion that allowed states to provide Medicaid to disabled individuals with incomes less than 100% of the federal poverty level, I address these issues. Crowd-out estimates range from 49% using an ordinary least squares procedure to 100% using two-stage least-squares analysis."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "This potentially large degree of crowd-out could have fiscal implications for the Affordable Care Act which has greatly expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2014."

For more information on this research see: Medicaid expansions for the working age disabled: Revisiting the crowd-out of private health insurance. Journal of Health Economics, 2015;40():69-82. Journal of Health Economics can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Health Economics - www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/505560)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting K.L. Wagner, University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Econ, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Indiana, Medicaid, Notre Dame, United States, Health Policy, Health Insurance, North and Central America,

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