Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Medicaid
The Perils of Welfare to Work
Millions of Americans have enrolled in health insurance plans through Healthcare.gov and thousands more now qualify for state-sponsored Medicaid services in states that decided to expand the Medicaid option. In states that declined the Medicaid expansion, supporters of “small government” Continue Reading …
ACA Progress Report: What has changed so far?
The first open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act closed on March 31, with 8 million Americans enrolled by the deadline. The marketplace re-opens in November, though individuals can register at any time if they lose insurance because of Continue Reading …
Medicaid DSH cuts won’t impact quality
This study provided weak evidence to suggest an association between net Medicaid DSH payments and hospital quality of care. Its results suggest an inelastic response to declining Medicaid DSH payments. Of the 9-quality measures that were created, there showed larger Continue Reading …
The cost-sharing sweet spot
Value-based insurance designs (VBID) provide cost incentives to encourage individuals to utilize certain highly effective medications in order to cut costs while improving quality and health outcomes. While this has mostly been done in the private market, less is known Continue Reading …
Primary Care Access Pre-ACA
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes roll out, many critics and proponents have voiced concerns about provider availability in the wake of massive increases of insured persons. In fact, recent data suggest that the uninsured rate has already fallen Continue Reading …
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