Factors Affecting State Decisions for Medicaid Expansion: Focusing on State Fiscal Reliance on the Federal Government and State Fiscal Capacity

• In Event: The Politics of Health Reform

Brief Overview

This research examines factors influencing state decisions for Medicaid expansion with a focus on fiscal reliance on the federal government in financing Medicaid, fiscal capacity, and histories of covering the uninsured population in the program.

Authors

• Ji Hyung Park, James Madison University

• Shihyun Noh, SUNY Brockport