Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus Reform: Impact on Low‐Income Families' Enrollment and Retention in Public Coverage Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of a Wisconsin health care reform enacted in early 2008 on public insurance enrollment and retention. DATA SOURCES: Administrative data covering the period January 2007 to November 2009. STUDY DESIGN: We calculate unadjusted enrollment trends and exit rates stratified by age, income group, and enrollment mode. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards models are estimated to assess the impact of the reform on program exits. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Overall enrollment increased by approximately one-third and exit rates decreased by approximately one-fifth. The majority of new enrollment came from the previously income eligible. CONCLUSIONS: Wisconsin's enactment of eligibility expansions coupled with administrative simplification and targeted marketing and outreach efforts were successful in enrolling and retaining low-income children and families in public coverage.

authors

• Dague, Laura

altmetric score

• 18.7

author list (cited authors)

• Leininger, L. J., Friedsam, D., Dague, L., Mok, S., Hynes, E., Bergum, A., ... DeLeire, T.

citation count

• 10

publication date

• December 2010

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Family
• Health Care Reform
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Insurance, Health
• Marketing Of Health Services
• Poverty
• Residence Characteristics
• Socioeconomic Factors
• State Health Plans
• Wisconsin

PubMed Central ID

• 21143476

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01215.x

start page

• 336

end page

• 347

volume

• 46

issue

• 1p2