Changes in Medication Use During Medicaid Continuous Enrollment and Unwinding
This cross-sectional study found that changes in Medicaid medication use during the COVID-19 pandemic continuous enrollment period and after unwinding were smaller than corresponding changes in enrollment. Unwinding had measurable impacts on patient access to prescription medications, but states that implemented protective policies were able to mitigate these changes.
Authors
- Adrianna McIntyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5582-9260)
- Benjamin D. Sommers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6507-6047)
- Aaron Seth Kesselheim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8867-2666)
- Benjamin N. Rome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5776-3293)
- Jiali Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6068-0188)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Health Forum
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.5890
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00