Oregon Medicaid Experiment Compared two groups of low-income adults Medicaid lottery winners vs.lottery losers Lottery winners got to apply for public health insurance through Medicaid So they faced lower out-of-pocket prices for care Lottery losers could not get Medicaid (but might have purchased outside insurance) Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomics Bhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics Oregon Medicaid Experiment  Compared two groups of low-income adults Medicaid lottery winners vs. lottery losers  Lottery winners got to apply for public health insurance through Medicaid  So they faced lower out-of-pocket prices for care  Lottery losers could not get Medicaid (but might have purchased outside insurance)