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crowd-out  

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  • The concept of crowd-out in the case of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) refers to the substitution of public for private health insurance coverage. This substitution is an important public policy concern because it may create unintended perverse incentives. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Crowd-Out]

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