| TABLE IV.2 ESTIMATES OF MEDICAID PARTICIPATION RATES FOR CHILDREN, BY SOURCE |
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| Source | Data | Time Period | Estimate Definitions and Eligibility Criteria | Eligibles (millions) | Enrollees (millions) | Part. Rate |
| Urban Institute's
TRIM2 Model (which adjust for Medicaid undercount) |
CPS 3/96 | 1995 | Estimate definition: Participation rate for all children
age 17
Eligibility criteria: State-specific poverty related AFDC children SSI children Medically needy children Assets |
26.4 | 22.1 | 83.6% |
| Reschovsky et al. (1997) | CTS | late 1996 /early 1997 | Estimate definition: Participation rate for all children
age 17
Eligibility criteria: State-specific poverty-related criteria only |
20.3 | 10.8 | 53.3% |
| CBO (Bilheimer 1997) | CPS 3/96 | 1995 | Estimate Definition: Participation rate for children
who met expansion eligibility criteria.
Eligibility criteria: Children receiving welfare cash assistance or covered by private insurance are excluded from all calculations. No other criteria specified. |
- | - | 60% |
| GAO (1996) | CPS 3/95 | 1994 | Estimate definition:
Children age 11 eligible for Medicaid by federal mandate because of age and income eligibility. Eligibility criteria: Poverty-related only. Not state-specific. Only includes children age 5 with family incomes below 133% of poverty and children 6-11 with family incomes below 100% of poverty. |
14.3 | - | - |
| Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (Summer et al. 1997) | CPS 3/95 | 1994 | Estimate definition:
Participation rate for children age 10. Eligibility criteria: Poverty related only. Not state-specific. Only the federal minimum poverty-related eligibility criteria for children age 10. |
- | - | 66% |
| Estimate definition:
Participation rate for children age 10 who do not receive welfare cash assistance. This approximates the participation rate among children in poverty-related eligibility groups only. |
- | - | 38% | |||