Medicaid Expansions and Participation in Supplemental Security Income by Noncitizens

Conclusions. Medicaid expansion caused a substantially larger decline in the SSI participation of noncitizens, who face more restrictive SSI eligibility criteria, than of citizens. Our estimates suggest an annual savings of $619 million in the federal SSI cost because of the decline in SSI participation among noncitizens and citizens. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print April 15, 2021: e1-e7. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306235).PMID:33856886 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306235
Source: American Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research