Policies to decrease low-acuity emergency department (ED) use have traditionally assumed
that EDs are a substitute for unavailable primary care (PC). However, such policies can …

Analyzing the net social welfare of a public health insurance policy necessitates an accurate
estimation of its impact on the private health insurance market. This paper presents new …

Abstract Background Recent Medicaid expansions have rekindled the debate around
private insurance “crowd‐out.” Prior research is limited by short‐time horizons and state …

Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided funding to help states expand Medicaid
eligibility to those earning up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level. Such expansions in …

In this study, I estimate the heterogeneity in the crowd‐out of private health insurance by risk
aversion with the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Using data from the …

The estimation of crowd density at cross sections is a significant problem in the crowd
analysis. In this study, we provide a novel technique for determining crowd density using …

Recent Medicaid expansions have rekindled the debate around private insurance “crowd-
out”. Prior research is limited by short-time horizons and state-specific analyses. Our study …