Arbeitspapier
Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health and Recidivism
We estimate the causal impact of access to means-tested public health insurance coverage (Medicaid) on health outcomes and recidivism for those recently released from incarceration. To do so, we leverage a policy change in South Carolina that allowed simplified Medicaid re-enrollment for previously incarcerated eligible individuals. Using linked administrative data on criminal convictions and health insurance claims, we find that reducing barriers in access to Medicaid for vulnerable populations increases enrollment and utilization of health care services. However, we do not find that this improved health care insurance access reduces 1-year or 3-year recidivism, suggesting that effectiveness of such policies is context dependent.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16665
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Thema
-
Medicaid
health care utilization
recidivism
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Packham, Analisa
Slusky, David
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
-
Bonn
- (wann)
-
2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Packham, Analisa
- Slusky, David
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
The German health care system : accessing the German health care market
Uptake of Health Insurance and the Productive Safety Net Program in Rural Ethiopia
Childcare: A safety net for children?
Accessing audiovisual translation
Financial safety net design and systemic stability
Accessing databases from Esterel
Oral health, stress and barriers accessing dental health care among war-affected Ukrainian refugees in Germany
Virtual Timing Isolation Safety-Net for Multicore Processors
Preliminary safety assessment of the NET magnet system
Building a new safety net for sick workers
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
The German health care system : accessing the German health care market
Uptake of Health Insurance and the Productive Safety Net Program in Rural Ethiopia
Childcare: A safety net for children?
Accessing audiovisual translation
Financial safety net design and systemic stability
Accessing databases from Esterel
Oral health, stress and barriers accessing dental health care among war-affected Ukrainian refugees in Germany
Virtual Timing Isolation Safety-Net for Multicore Processors
Preliminary safety assessment of the NET magnet system
Building a new safety net for sick workers
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
The German health care system : accessing the German health care market
Uptake of Health Insurance and the Productive Safety Net Program in Rural Ethiopia
Childcare: A safety net for children?
Accessing audiovisual translation
Financial safety net design and systemic stability
Accessing databases from Esterel
Oral health, stress and barriers accessing dental health care among war-affected Ukrainian refugees in Germany
Virtual Timing Isolation Safety-Net for Multicore Processors
Preliminary safety assessment of the NET magnet system