Context
The current published Populace US 2024 dataset shows Medicaid and CHIP enrollment equal to eligibility in aggregate:
is_medicaid_eligible: 72.30M; medicaid_enrolled: 72.30M.
is_chip_eligible: 4.98M; chip_enrolled: 4.98M.
- Medicaid + CHIP enrolled:
77.28M vs CMS combined target 79.15M (-2.4%).
This means Medicaid/CHIP take-up is effectively 100% among modeled eligibles. That may reflect the current PE-US variable semantics, but Populace release diagnostics should make the eligibility-to-enrollment assumption visible rather than implicit.
This complements #139/#165, which add direct CHIP targets, but it is a separate input-signal/diagnostics question.
Goal
Add Medicaid and CHIP eligibility-to-enrollment diagnostics, then decide whether Populace should materialize enrollment/take-up inputs or leave the behavior formula-owned.
Suggested implementation
- Add release diagnostics for Medicaid and CHIP:
- eligible count,
- enrolled count,
- enrollment / eligibility ratio,
- Medicaid + CHIP combined count,
- same breakdown by state where source support exists.
- Add a gate or warning when modeled enrollment is mechanically identical to eligibility for every state/program.
- Document whether
medicaid_enrolled and chip_enrolled are Populace inputs, PE-US formula outputs, or a mixed source/formula boundary.
Acceptance criteria
- Diagnostics make 100% eligibility-to-enrollment take-up visible nationally and by state.
- Tests cover nondegenerate and degenerate take-up cases.
- If the variables are formula-owned by PE-US, Populace records that boundary and links a model-side issue.
- If Populace owns source inputs, a follow-up issue/PR scopes Medicaid/CHIP take-up materialization separately from direct target mapping.
Context
The current published Populace US 2024 dataset shows Medicaid and CHIP enrollment equal to eligibility in aggregate:
is_medicaid_eligible:72.30M;medicaid_enrolled:72.30M.is_chip_eligible:4.98M;chip_enrolled:4.98M.77.28Mvs CMS combined target79.15M(-2.4%).This means Medicaid/CHIP take-up is effectively 100% among modeled eligibles. That may reflect the current PE-US variable semantics, but Populace release diagnostics should make the eligibility-to-enrollment assumption visible rather than implicit.
This complements #139/#165, which add direct CHIP targets, but it is a separate input-signal/diagnostics question.
Goal
Add Medicaid and CHIP eligibility-to-enrollment diagnostics, then decide whether Populace should materialize enrollment/take-up inputs or leave the behavior formula-owned.
Suggested implementation
medicaid_enrolledandchip_enrolledare Populace inputs, PE-US formula outputs, or a mixed source/formula boundary.Acceptance criteria