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Author: Thorpe, Kenneth E.
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1. Thorpe, Kenneth E.
Florence, Curtis Samuel, II
Health Insurance Among Children: The Role of Expanded Medicaid Coverage
Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35,4 (Winter 1998/1999): 369-379
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization
Keyword(s): Benefits, Insurance; Children, Health Care; Family Studies; Health Care; Medicaid/Medicare; Poverty

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This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to track the health coverage of parents in the year before and the year in which their children enroll in Medicaid. Use of such longitudinal data, compared to cross-sectional data, provides more insight into the dynamics of health insurance coverage and expansions in Medicaid. Using these data, we find that approximately 16% of newly enrolled Medicaid children likely had access to private insurance through a parent. Moreover, most of the children enrolling in Medicaid were previously uninsured. We find little substitution of private for public health insurance among families living at or near the federal poverty line. Copyright ) 1998 Institute for Scientific Information
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Thorpe, Kenneth E. and Curtis Samuel Florence. "Health Insurance Among Children: The Role of Expanded Medicaid Coverage." Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35,4 (Winter 1998/1999): 369-379.