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Category: Medicaid
Kentucky Eliminates Insurance Disparity
Starting in 2014, Kentucky saw one of the country’s most dramatic reductions in the number of uninsured adults due in large part to the state’s expansion of Medicaid. Prior to the expansions of coverage, Black Kentuckians made up a disproportionate Continue Reading …
Medicaid Managed Care Cuts ED Visits
Discussion about how the publicly insured encounter and use American health care has long dominated conversation around the social safety net. Since the inception and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) both proponents and opponents of its policies have Continue Reading …
Medicaid Work Requirements
I am a practicing emergency physician, and I have taken care of patients in a number of contexts — private (for profit and nonprofit), public, and VA emergency departments. Additionally, I completed a fellowship in health policy which included working Continue Reading …
Blocked at the Front Desk
Health services scholars describe “access” as having 5 dimensions: availability, accessibility, affordability, acceptability, and accommodation. That means that even if patients can get insurance to pay for an appointment, make the appointment, get to the clinic, and see the appropriate Continue Reading …
Myths about ED Overuse by the Uninsured
An oft-cited argument in favor of expanding Medicaid coverage is that the uninsured consume a disproportionate share of emergency department (“ED”) resources, causing overcrowding and dangerously increased wait times. A recent article in Health Policy, however, challenges this widely-held assumption. Continue Reading …
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