Replication data for: The Effects of State Medicaid Expansions for Working-Age Adults on Senior Medicare Beneficiaries

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Project Citation:

McInerney, Melissa, Mellor, Jennifer M., and Sabik, Lindsay M. Replication data for: The Effects of State Medicaid Expansions for Working-Age Adults on Senior Medicare Beneficiaries. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114664V1

Project Description

Summary: Do Medicaid expansions to working-age adults affect healthcare spending and utilization among older Medicare beneficiaries? Although economic theory provides conflicting predictions about the presence and direction of such spillover effects, it does identify circumstances when spillovers can reduce Medicare spending. Using data on Medicaid expansions during the 2000s and microdata from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, we find that a 1 percentage point rise in the share of working-age adults eligible for Medicaid has modest effects on the average Medicare beneficiary's spending, but reduces average spending by $477 among dual eligibles. Importantly, we find no evidence of adverse health effects.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I12 Health Behavior
      I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination

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