Reforming Access: Trends in Medicaid Enrollment for New Medicare Beneficiaries, 2008-2011

To evaluate whether aligning the Part D low-income subsidy and Medicaid program enrollment pathways in 2010 increased Medicaid participation among new Medicare beneficiaries.Medicare enrollment records for years 2007-2011.We used a multinomial logistic model with state fixed effects to examine the annual change in limited and full Medicaid enrollment among new Medicare beneficiaries for 2 years before and after the reforms (2008-2011).We...