Recent Studies from University of Wisconsin Add New Data to Insurance (Effects of Medicaid Expansions 2001-2015 On Supplemental Security Income Program Participation Among Childless Adults): Insurance

2022 JUN 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- New research on Insurance is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Madison, Wisconsin, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Growing research indicates that Medicaid expansions reduce Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participation, although the magnitude of effects may vary with the presence of other health policy reforms. We examine how a series of Medicaid expansions for childless adults before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impact SSI participation among childless adults.”

Financial support for this research came from National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects: Community Living and Integration (NIDILRR).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Wisconsin, “We use the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to compare the change in SSI participation in states that expanded Medicaid coverage relative to those that did not during two time periods: 2001-2013 and 2001-2015. On average, SSI participation declined by a nonstatistically significant 0.10 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI] = [-0.54, 0.32]) from a baseline SSI participation rate of 2.2% following Medicaid expansions implemented between 2001 and 2015. When restricted to the pre-ACA era, SSI participation declined by a nonstatistically significant 0.30 percentage points (95% CI = [-0.77, 0.16]). Although the direction of the point estimates suggests that Medicaid expansions before and after implementation of the ACA may be associated with reduced SSI participation, the imprecision of the estimates due in part to the sample size precludes this conclusion.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “To guide states in decision-making, it is essential to understand how increased Medicaid availability impacts SSI participation under different policy environments.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Effects of Medicaid Expansions 2001-2015 On Supplemental Security Income Program Participation Among Childless Adults. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2022. Journal of Disability Policy Studies can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Journal of Disability Policy Studies - dps.sagepub.com)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Marguerite Burns, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726, United States. Additional authors for this research include Laura Dague, Elizabeth Wood and Jae Kennedy.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073221094807. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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