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Category: Medicaid
Medicaid Saves Lives
Despite concern by some analysts that Medicaid is worse than no health care at all, the Oregon Health Study and others, including this one, suggest that Medicaid improves access to care and might even have a mortality benefit. For individuals Continue Reading …
How do we Solve a Problem like Health Care Reform?
“Everyone can agree on the goal of health care reform: ensuring affordable access to high-quality care for all Americans. The question is how.” Can you guess which Presidential candidate made this statement? You might be surprised to find out that Continue Reading …
Will the Affordable Care Act kill jobs?
Many public policy decisions have impacts distant from their original intent. Public expansion of health insurance has often been associated with alterations in the labor force. So does the Affordable Care Act kill jobs or save them? For many in Continue Reading …
Impact of a Medicaid opt out
Currently, Medicaid eligibility includes some disabled individuals, parents with incomes below welfare eligibility, some low income children, and pregnant women under 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL). Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), starting January 2014, Medicaid coverage will Continue Reading …
Reforming Medicaid
Many health policy minds have tried to infuse a “What about Medicaid?” attitude into the intense discussion over reforming the nation’s health entitlement for seniors (Medicare). Yet, to much dismay, there is not a lot of public discourse over reforming Continue Reading …