University of Iowa Researcher Adds New Study Findings to Research in Geriatrics and Gerontology (Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Health Insurance for Low-Income Nursing Home Aides): Aging Research – Geriatrics and Gerontology

2022 OCT 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- A new study on geriatrics and gerontology is now available. According to news reporting originating from Iowa City, Iowa, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “We examine how the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion affected the insurance coverage and the sources of coverage among low-income nursing home aides using the 2010-2019 American Community Survey data.”

Our news reporters obtained a quote from the research from University of Iowa: “Insurance coverage for low-income nursing home aides increased from about 60% to nearly 90% in expansion states but rose to only about 80% in nonexpansion states. Using a difference-in-differences regression design, we find that Medicaid expansion was associated with a 5.1 percentage-point increase in overall insurance coverage. Expansion states had a 12.2 percentage-point gain in Medicaid that was partially offset by a 6.4 percentage-point reduction in private insurance coverage.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Our results show that ACA Medicaid expansion increased insurance coverage for low-income nursing home aides; however, there was substantial crowd-out of private insurance coverage in this population. Policymakers should consider expanding Medicaid while incentivizing affordable private health insurance options for low-income nursing home aides to improve insurance coverage.”

For more information on this research see: Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Health Insurance for Low-Income Nursing Home Aides. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2022. The publisher for Journal of Applied Gerontology is SAGE Publications.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221132121.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Lili Xu, Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Hari Sharma.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the authors of this research: Lili Xu (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2120-7118), Hari Sharma (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7857-8545).

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