Tag: Medicaid

Making a 5% Commitment to Medicaid

Larry Casalino, MD, PhD, a well-known health services researcher at Weill Cornell…

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Dual Eligibles in the U.S.: Statistics and Facts

There’s a peculiar fact concerning health care in the United States today:…

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Denying care? Concerns with Oregon’s Medicaid Coverage Guidelines

When a document guiding health coverage decisions contains the word "survival" and…

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ObamaCare and Tax Evasion

The Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) may help reduce tax evasion, especially…

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Is Managed Care the Answer to Reduce Medicaid Drug Costs?

Summary: Healthcare costs are continuing to rise. Medicaid continues to expand. What…

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The Willing Provider Problem

I spend a lot of time thinking about and researching issues around…

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The Trials of Progress in the Affordable Care Act

Five months after primary care doctors who treat Medicaid patients were supposed…

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Making Sense of the Oregon Experiment

Last Thursday, an article came by Kate Baicker and colleagues came out…

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Hospitals Push Hard for Medicaid Expansion

 The hospital lobbyists in the “no way” states are trying to get…

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Federal Push for Medicaid Mental Health Expansion

Sweeping healthcare reforms are the focus right now at both the state…

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