Will Extending Medicaid to Two-Parent Families Encourage Marriage?

Author: Aaron S. Yelowitz Publisher: Institute for Research on Poverty Publication: Document Date:                  January 01, 1997 Category: Public Policy > Marriage Related Categories: Children > Economic Factors Influencing Children > Health Services Marriage > Marriage Rate Public Policy > Family   This paper hypothesizes that the restriction of Medicaid to single-parent families acts as a disincentive to marry and that changes in the marriage rate would occur if this restriction was removed .  Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link