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Category: Access to Care
Health Insurance Among Low Income Fathers
Traditional needs-based public health insurance programs have focused on the “deserving poor,” a group typically consisting of children and pregnant women. As a result, men have been discriminated against by public programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Continue Reading …
The Myth of Care Coordination, Quality, and Cost Savings
An analysis of 15 Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration projects, covering 18,402 Medicare patients from across the nation, demonstrated limited to no evidence of the benefit of care coordination towards the goal of improving quality or cost-effectiveness of care. Patients in Continue Reading …
Individual Health Insurance Mandates – Pros & Cons
Several universal insurance coverage models incorporate an individual mandate which requires every person to obtain health insurance coverage. A main argument for individual mandates centers around the elimination of free-riders who choose to forego private insurance and instead choose to Continue Reading …
President Obama signs SCHIP reauthorization
Although SCHIP re-authorization was signed into law by President Obama on February 4, 2009, several key features from our 2009 Policy Prescription remain to be enacted: expand eligibility for SCHIP to children from all income range SCHIP should be valued Continue Reading …
Determinants of Medicaid Participation by Physicians
Authors of this Health Affairs study explore two factors critical to physician participation in Medicaid – reimbursement rates and reimbursement delays. Prior studies have shown that Medicaid participation is better among physicians in states that reimburse with higher rates compared Continue Reading …
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