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State Approaches to Simplify Medicaid Eligibility and Implications for Inequality of Infant Health

Emily Rauscher, Ailish Burns
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2023, 9 (4) 32-60; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.02
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aAssociate professor of sociology at Brown University, United States
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bDoctoral student in sociology and a PSTC trainee at Brown University, United States
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vol. 9 no. 4 32-60
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https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.02

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2377-8253
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  • Published online August 3, 2023.

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© 2023 Russell Sage Foundation. Rauscher, Emily, and Ailish Burns. 2023. “State Approaches to Simplify Medicaid Eligibility and Implications for Inequality of Infant Health.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 9(4): 32–60. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.4.02. The authors are grateful for feedback from colleagues at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, the Russell Sage Foundation, and journal editors. This research was supported by the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University, which receives funding from the NIH for general support (P2C HD041020) and training (T32 HD007338). Direct correspondence to: Emily Rauscher, at emily_rauscher@brown.edu, Brown University Box 1916, Providence, RI 02912, United States Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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  1. Emily Rauschera and
  2. Ailish Burnsb
  1. aAssociate professor of sociology at Brown University, United States
  2. bDoctoral student in sociology and a PSTC trainee at Brown University, United States
  1. Correspondence author:
    Emily Rauscher, (emily_rauscher{at}brown.edu)
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    • Abstract
    • THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
    • POLICY EFFECTS ON INEQUALITY AND INFANT HEALTH
    • POLICY BACKGROUND
    • MEDICAID REFORMS TO REDUCE BURDENS TO ENROLLMENT
    • MEDICAID REFORMS TO REDUCE BURDENS TO CARE
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    • RESULTS
    • MEDICAID ENROLLMENT AND SPENDING
    • INFANT HEALTH AND PRENATAL CARE
    • VARIATION BY RACE, ETHNICITY, AND EDUCATION
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