MPC Member Publications

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Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation is Associated with Lower Health Care Spending among Working Age Adults without Dependents

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2022

Abstract: Abstract: Prior evidence suggests an association among food insecurity, poor health, and increased health care spending. In this study, we are using a natural experiment to confirm if longer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is associated with reduced Medicaid among a highly impoverished group of adults. In 2013, the mandatory work requirements associated with SNAP benefits were lifted for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). Using 2013 to 2015 Medicaid and SNAP data of 24,181 Minnesotans aged 18-49, we examined if changes in SNAP enrollment duration affect health care expenditures. In fully adjusted within-participant regression models, for each additional month of SNAP, average annual health care spending was $98.8 lower (95% CI: -131.7, -66.0; p<.001) per person. Our data suggests that allowing ABAWDs to receive SNAP even in months they are not working may be critical to their health as well as cost-effective.

Url: https://preprint.press.jhu.edu/jhcpu/sites/default/files/Kollannoor-SamuelFinalCEPPR.pdf

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Authors: Grace Kollannoor-Samuel, MD; Kristen A Boelcke-Stennes, MS; Justine Nelson, PhD; Erika Martin, MS; Angela Fertig, PhD; Jeff Schiff, MD

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Pages: 1-26

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