Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Medicaid
Drying the DSHs
I was asked an interesting question last week when giving a presentation to Baylor College of Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Residency program. As a program housed in a public hospital that sees a lot of uncompensated care, places such as Ben Taub Continue Reading …
Medicaid at the Polls
Five states – Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina – plan on skipping the Medicaid expansions available from the Affordable Care Act. If these states fail to act, nearly 4 million Americans will be denied coverage. The decision of Continue Reading …
Million Man (and Woman) March
Low-income adults are often served by safety-net providers – public hospitals, Federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs), and free or low-cost clinics – as opposed to private practice community physicians. The Affordable Care Act promises to bring millions more low-income adults from Continue Reading …
Expanding Kids’ Coverage
Public health insurance programs such as Medicaid and CHIP have successfully improved coverage for low-income children and adults. Evidence remains mixed as to the actual health outcomes achieved through these programs. As the time draws near for the complete enactment Continue Reading …
What increases access?
Although the Affordable Care Act will grant Medicaid to nearly 17 million new enrollees, new research suggests that supply-side reforms are needed to ensure adequate access to health care for both public and private paying patients. The Patient Protection and Continue Reading …