The Interaction of Policy and Enrollment in the Medicaid BuyIn Program 2005

The Medicaid Buy-In program was designed to help adults with disabilities obtain or keep their employment without fear of losing health insurance. This report presents a snapshot of the program in 2005 that captures the interplay of policy features, enrollment trends, and participant characteristics that have made the program what it is today. The analysis is based on individual-level data provided by states through "finder files," which were linked to federal administrative data to calculate enrollment figures and trends in 30 state Medicaid programs.