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Contemporaneous and Long-Term Effects of Children's Public Health Insurance Expansions on Supplemental Security Income Participation

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  • Michael Levere
  • Sean Orzol
  • Lindsey Leininger
  • Nancy Early

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We assess how increased Medicaid generosity affects participation in SSI. In states where SSI recipients did not automatically receive Medicaid, expansions in public health insurance coverage significantly decreased applications and awards. In the long-term, increased Medicaid eligibility during childhood reduced young adult SSI applications.

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  • Michael Levere & Sean Orzol & Lindsey Leininger & Nancy Early, "undated". "Contemporaneous and Long-Term Effects of Children's Public Health Insurance Expansions on Supplemental Security Income Participation," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 92d140d1a39741c481c4630bb, Mathematica Policy Research.
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