…and after the Medicaid overhaul, from January 2010 to December 2014. The study encompassed 601,217 Medicaid enrollees in its analysis. The researchers calculated that before the reform, black Medicaid enrollees…
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…project of the Shorenstein Center, but had no involvement with or influence on the judging process for the Goldsmith Prize finalists or winner. ————– The move to shift Texas’ Medicaid…
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…who could have benefited directly from Medicaid. My work highlights that Medicaid expansions can further benefit young and healthy consumers by easing upward pressures on premiums on the exchanges. Medicaid…
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…for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2014, an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to US citizens and permanent residents who earned up to 138% of the federal poverty level took effect…
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…health insurance through full Medicaid expansions, at least equal to the numbers expected to purchase private insurance plans on the exchanges. Even before this new expansion was authorized, Medicaid was…
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…be as much as $3 billion. The reporters also wanted to know how supplemental Medicaid funds compared with the regular Medicaid rate and how much money each Indiana nursing home received….
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…existing Medicaid funding. This turned the Medicaid expansion into a major political battle. Most Democratic-run states endorsed expansion quickly, but states with Republicans partially or fully in control have experienced…
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…a considerable effect on inequality at a point in time. Incorporating Medicare and Medicaid tends to flatten the distribution of income because the benefits of Medicaid, and to a lesser…
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…taxpayers. In a 2014 study published in the American Journal of Managed Care, “Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies and Imprisonment Among Patients With Schizophrenia,” researchers from the University of Southern California…
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…special statewide election. Such elections historically have a much lower turnout than a midterm or general election. This is familiar territory for Stitt. He placed a state question for Medicaid…
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