SHADAC will host a coffee-break webinar on December 5th at 12:00 p.m. Central featuring Urban Institute's Dr. Fred Blavin, whose SHARE-funded research asks how medical spending burdens for near-poor families in non-expansion states would change if the states were to expand Medicaid.
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| Medicaid vs. Marketplace Coverage for Near-Poor Adults: Impact on Out-of-Pocket Spending | ||||
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| Presenter: Fred Blavin, PhD | |||
In states that chose to expand Medicaid under the ACA, adults between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level (i.e., the "near-poor") are Medicaid-eligible and typically face minimal or no premiums or cost-sharing for medical expenses. In states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid, this population cannot enroll in Medicaid but may quality for tax credits to purchase marketplace health insurance plans that entail out-of-pocket (OOP) premiums and cost-sharing. Dr. Blavin's analysis uses data years 2013 to 2015 from the Current Population Survey and state Medicaid expansion decisions as a natural experiment to estimate the impact of access to the Medicaid expansion on OOP health expenses, compared with access to subsidized marketplace coverage.
Dr. Blavin will answer questions from attendees after the presentation.