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Medicaid and the Elderly


Mariacristina De Nardi


Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - Public Economics

Eric French


Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

John Bailey Jones


State University of New York, Albany

Angshuman Gooptu


affiliation not provided to SSRN

February 8, 2012

Economic Perspectives, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2012

Abstract:     
In 2009, Medicaid spent over $75 billion on 5.3 million elderly beneficiaries. This article describes the Medicaid rules for the elderly and discusses their economic implications.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 18

Keywords: Medicaid, eligibility, Publicly Provided Private Goods, Government Expenditures and Health, Government Policy, Regulation, Public Health

JEL Classification: H42, H51, I18

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Date posted: March 7, 2012  

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De Nardi, Mariacristina, French, Eric, Jones, John Bailey B. and Gooptu, Angshuman, Medicaid and the Elderly (February 8, 2012). Economic Perspectives, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2017771

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Mariacristina De Nardi (Contact Author)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago ( email )
Research Department
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604
United States
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - Public Economics ( email )
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Eric French
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago ( email )
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604-1413
United States
312-322-5322 (Phone)
312-322-5111 (Fax)
John B. Jones
State University of New York, Albany ( email )
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Albany, NY 12222
518-442-4926 (Phone)
Angshuman Gooptu
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