FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Some adults who sign up for Medicaid also bring their unenrolled but eligible kids into the system, a new study reports.
For every nine adults who gained access to Medicaid in Oregon due to a special enrollment lottery, one previously eligible child was added to the rolls as well, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Their study called this an example of the “woodwork effect,” where people eligible for social programs come out of the woodwork to claim benefits that have been on the table for months or years.