title: Homeless Veterans Eligible for Medicaid Under the Affordable Care Act.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Among homeless veterans and those at risk of homelessness currently enrolled in Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, this study examined the proportion likely to become eligible for Medicaid in 2014 and their health needs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 114,497 homeless and at-risk veterans were categorized into three groups: currently covered by Medicaid, likely to become eligible for Medicaid, and not likely.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-eight percent of the sample was determined to be likely to become eligible for Medicaid in states that expand Medicaid. Compared with veterans not likely to become eligible for Medicaid, those likely to become eligible were less likely to have general medical and psychiatric conditions and to have a VA service-connected disability but more likely to have substance use disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Programs serving homeless and at-risk veterans should anticipate the potential interplay between VA health care and the expansion of Medicaid in states that implement the expansion.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Tsai and Dr. Rosenheck are with the Veterans Affairs (VA) New England Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. They are also with the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, where Dr. Kasprow is affiliated (e-mail: jack.tsai@yale.edu ). Dr. Kasprow is also with the VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Culhane is with the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Dr. Tsai and Dr. Rosenheck are with the Veterans Affairs (VA) New England Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. They are also with the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, where Dr. Kasprow is affiliated (e-mail: jack.tsai@yale.edu ). Dr. Kasprow is also with the VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Culhane is with the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Wesley J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kasprow
authors.affiliation: Dr. Tsai and Dr. Rosenheck are with the Veterans Affairs (VA) New England Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. They are also with the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, where Dr. Kasprow is affiliated (e-mail: jack.tsai@yale.edu ). Dr. Kasprow is also with the VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Culhane is with the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Culhane
authors.affiliation: Dr. Tsai and Dr. Rosenheck are with the Veterans Affairs (VA) New England Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. They are also with the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, where Dr. Kasprow is affiliated (e-mail: jack.tsai@yale.edu ). Dr. Kasprow is also with the VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Culhane is with the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rosenheck
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*