Policymakers in Connecticut are considering expanding eligibility for HUSKY, Connecticut's Medicaid program, to additional groups of immigrants by age and eligibility category, including the potential expansion of HUSKY C, the program for residents who are ages 65 and older and/or blind or disabled. In this report, the authors use microsimulation modeling to estimate the effects of expanding HUSKY eligibility to additional groups.
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- Division
- RAND Health Care
- Pages
- 44
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- United States
- RAND Identifier
- RR-A3474-1
- RAND Type
- report
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- RAND Corporation
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- Research Reports
- Source
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3474-1.html
Table of Contents
- Estimating the Effects of Further Expanding Health Insurance Coverage to Noncitizen Populations in Connecticut 1
- About This Report 3
- RAND Health Care 3
- Acknowledgments 3
- Summary 5
- Methods 6
- Results 7
- Discussion 8
- Contents 9
- Tables 10
- Chapter 1. Introduction 11
- Chapter 2. Methodology 14
- Imputation of Immigration Pregnancy and Disability Status 14
- Reweighting of COMPARE Model 16
- Insurance Take-Up and Medical Spending 17
- HUSKY C Sub-Programs and Long-Term Care 19
- Sensitivity Analyses 20
- Reported Outcomes 20
- Chapter 3. Results 21
- Enrollment 21
- Costs to Connecticut 23
- Sensitivity Analyses 25
- Chapter 4. Discussion 28
- Limitations 29
- Data on undocumented immigrant population Take-up rate eligible 29
- Medical spending HUSKY C eligibility and 30
- Conclusions 30
- Appendix A. COMPARE Overview 32
- Overview 32
- Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions 33
- Health Care Spending 34
- HUSKY C Eligibility 34
- Appendix B. Baseline Profile of the Undocumented Population 37
- Abbreviations 39
- References 40
- Academic Pediatrics 40
- Demography 40
- The Health Coverage of Noncitizens in the United States 2024 40
- International Journal of Microsimulation 40
- Health Affairs Millwood 41
- HealthCare.gov 41
- Health Costs 2023 Employer Health Benefits Survey 42
- Price and Income Elasticity of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care Services A Critical Review of the Literature 42
- The Professional Geographer 42
- CT Mirror 43
- Assessing the Impact of Individual Market Reforms in Minnesota 43
- Expanding Insurance Coverage to Undocumented Immigrants in Connecticut 43
- Assessing Coverage and Costs Associated with State- Funded Health Insurance ACCESS for Immigrants Estimator 43
- Increasing Subsidies and Expanding Health Insurance Options in Connecticut 43
- Immigration and Health 43
- Social Science Medicine 44
- Cost of Long Term Care in Connecticut 44
- Demography 44
