…having to use taxpayer-funded assistance programs to get by, including Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Large…
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…2004 Medicaid spending grew 10% annually, outpacing the 6% average annual state revenue rate of growth. In 1987, health care costs made up 16% of local and state spending; today…
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…use their app to search: http://projects.propublica.org/checkup. Payments to doctors by companies: ProPublica also offers Medicare/Medicaid open payments data to doctors by pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Download: https://projects.propublica.org/data-store/sets/openpayments-drugdevice-1 ($200 for…
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…Medicaid Services, the National Institutes of Health, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, and the Department of Health and Human Services, which operates the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality….
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…effect on turnout among women than men. “Expanding Medicaid, Expanding the Electorate: The Affordable Care Act’s Short-Term Impact on Political Participation” Haselswerdt, Jake. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law,…
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…weeks. “Association of an Asthma Improvement Collaborative with Health Care Utilization in Medicaid-Insured Pediatric Patients in an Urban Community” Kercsmar, Carolyn M., Andrew F. Beck; et al. JAMA Pediatrics, November…
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…Medicaid and food stamps to highway construction and special education. Despite the significant time and money spent conducting each decennial census, certain groups of residents consistently are “undercounted,” or have…
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…Gov. Mike DeWine in May announced spending cuts of $775 million, with the biggest chunks coming from education and Medicaid. DeWine has said he won’t raise taxes. Meanwhile, California has…
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…insurance plans such as Medicare and Medicaid covering about a third of the population. Journalist’s Resource recently published a roundup of research summarizing recent notable studies on surprise billing. Tip…
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…and Medicaid pay millions—maybe billions—of dollars for drugs for which we do not know the real benefits and risks. This raises insurance premiums and wastes tax dollars,” write Sarah DiMagno,…
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