‘Medicare & Medicaid’ Archives
Is there a benefit to care management?
Care management requires nurses to engage patients with hopes of reducing costs and improving outcomes. Care management [...]
Medicaid or Placebo: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
I really like the way Avik Roy went about explaining the Oregon Study, and for that matter, statistics to his readers. While [...]
Medicaid or Placebo. Which would you choose?
New data from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment has thought leaders in the health policy world dueling over the [...]
Insurance expansion does not pose risk to people already with coverage
Does expanding health insurance result in adverse consequences for those already with coverage? No. The Department of [...]
New-Age American Health Care System (Part 3)
In Part 3 of a discussion from the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Conference in Louisville, KY this past [...]
The Quality of Medicaid compared with Private Coverage
Is Medicaid worse than no insurance at all? Of course not. But it is not as good as private coverage for quality. Medicaid, [...]
