Association Between Medicaid Waivers and Medicaid Disenrollment Among Autistic Adolescents During the Transition to Adulthood
Autistic youths are more likely than their nonautistic peers to disenroll from Medicaid as they enter adulthood due to eligibility changes and lack of appropriate Medicaid services.1 States can provide services through waivers that target eligibility criteria based on age and/or diagnosis for specific populations.2 We examined whether waivers were associated with reduced risk of Medicaid disenrollment among autistic adolescents entering adulthood.