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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2010 Aug;29(8):1498-506.
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0191.

What the Oregon health study can tell us about expanding Medicaid

Heidi Allen  1 , Katherine Baicker, Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill J Wright; Oregon Health Study Group
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Randomized Controlled Trial

What the Oregon health study can tell us about expanding Medicaid

Heidi Allen et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Aug.

Abstract

The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes a major expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults in 2014. This paper describes the Oregon Health Study, a randomized controlled trial that will be able to shed some light on the likely effects of such expansions. In 2008, Oregon randomly drew names from a waiting list for its previously closed public insurance program. Our analysis of enrollment into this program found that people who signed up for the waiting list and enrolled in the Oregon Medicaid program were likely to have worse health than those who did not. However, actual enrollment was fairly low, partly because many applicants did not meet eligibility standards.

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