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Category: Disparities
The ACA Coverage Gap & Health Disparities
Lack of access to health insurance has long been recognized as a critical barrier to health care and a key driver of health and health care disparities. While the Affordable Care Act was envisioned as a comprehensive solution to the challenge of uninsurance among impoverished and low-income populations in the United States, variable state-level participation in the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, in the wake of the June 2012 Supreme Court decision, has created the unanticipated reality of a continued insurance gap for many of the most vulnerable. Continue Reading …
The Quality of Medicaid compared with Private Coverage
Is Medicaid worse than no insurance at all? Of course not. But it is not as good as private coverage for quality. Medicaid, the much-maligned , seeks to emulate the effectiveness of private insurance coverage. A recent study explores hospital-based Continue Reading …
An Overview of Health Information Technology
Health information technology is expected to reduce costs, save the environment, and improve the quality of care. Some evidence exists supporting health IT as beneficial to processes of care; more evidence is needed on outcomes. The Health Information Technology for Continue Reading …
Expanding Access in Massachusetts
Governor Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts health reforms appear to have provided expanded coverage as well as expanded access to care in this study of elective surgeries. However, disparities may still persist for Blacks. As , analyzing the health care reforms accomplished Continue Reading …
Naturalize to Stay Alive
Social determinants possess a tremendous impact on health outcomes. A Belgian study shows the correlation between perinatal death and immigration status. It serves as clarion call to US health and immigration policy makers. Disparities in neonatal mortality and pregnancy outcomes Continue Reading …
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