Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Laura  Connolly
Author-Name-First: Laura 
Author-Name-Last: Connolly
Author-Workplace-Name: Michigan Technological University
Author-Name: Otto Lenhart
Author-Name-First: Otto
Author-Name-Last: Lenhart
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Strathclyde
Author-Name: Matt Hampton
Author-Name-First: Matt
Author-Name-Last: Hampton
Author-Workplace-Name: Austin Peay State University
Title: Revisiting The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Migration
Abstract: We revisit the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion on interstate migration
to determine the longer-run effects of the policy. Using American Community Survey data
from 2010-2019 and a difference-in-differences (DiD) research design, we test for changes in
migratory trends between expansion and non-expansion states. In contrast with prior findings
examining short-run effects, we find evidence of increased migration from non-expansion-toexpansion
states among those with Medicaid coverage after the policy change. Staggered DiD
methods indicate that increases in net migration to expansion states are driven by reduced
out-migration from expansion states.
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File-URL: file:///I:/SBS-Fac/Economics/Course-Admin/Discussion%20Papers/2021-2025/2022/22-08%20Revisiting%20The%20Effect%20of%20the%20Affordable%20Care%20Act.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2208
Classification-JEL: I13, J11, I38
Keywords: Migration, Medicaid Expansion, Welfare Magnet, Public Policy
Handle: RePEc:str:wpaper:2208