This paper presents the first national estimates of the effects of the SCHIP expansions on insurance coverage. Using … CPS data on insurance coverage during the years 1996 through 2000, we estimate two-stage least squares regressions of … insurance coverage. We find that SCHIP had a small, but statistically significant positive effect on insurance coverage. Our …

Many uninsured Americans are already eligible for free or low-cost public coverage through Medicaid or CHIP but do not … take up that coverage. Several other programs, such as food stamps and unemployment insurance, also have less than complete …

measure the effects on Medicaid coverage, overall health insurance coverage, and the probability of visiting a doctor. The … families below the poverty line. We estimate that this law led to about a 10 percentage point rise in Medicaid coverage for … law had relatively small effects on Medicaid coverage for children near the eligibility limits, and little or no effect on …