Preliminary Analysis of Medicaid Enrollment Status in the Current Population Survey

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Medicaid recipient estimates from surveys are lower than administrative data counts of enrollment. It is believed that Current Population Survey (CPS) non-respondents have a higher percentage of Medicaid enrollees than the respondents of the survey, and thus would account for a portion of the underestimate. This paper compares the CPS 2002 response rates for people enrolled and not enrolled in Medicaid. Medicaid data were matched with the CPS respondent and non-respondent data to compare the rates of Medicaid enrollment. The results show that the CPS non-respondents do not have a higher percentage of Medicaid enrollees than the respondents, and that some demographic groups are in fact more likely to respond to the CPS if they are receiving Medicaid benefits.  

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