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Coverage and payment rates for radiation oncology services under Medicaid vary considerably by state

Medicaid Reimbursement for Breast Radiation Varies by State

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Across 48 states and D.C., total episode reimbursement varied from $2,945 to $15,218
Cardiovascular mortality rates among middle-aged adults are lower in counties in states that expanded Medicaid

Cardiovascular Mortality Lower With Medicaid Expansion

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Lower cardiovascular mortality rates seen for middle-aged adults in states that expanded Medicaid
Economic incentives for healthier foods through Medicare and Medicaid could generate substantial health gains and be highly cost-effective

Healthy Food Rx Could Be Cost-Effective for Medicare, Medicaid

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Coverage for healthy food could improve health, reduce costs, and pay for itself after five years
Medicaid expansion was associated with a reduced risk for uninsurance among acute myocardial infarction patients

Risk for Uninsurance in AMI Patients Reduced With Medicaid Expansion

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Similar in-hospital mortality seen for low-income patients with AMI in expansion versus nonexpansion states
Among patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction

Outcomes Poorer for Medicaid Beneficiaries With STEMI

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Rates of revascularization lower, in-hospital mortality higher for Medicaid versus privately insured
Coverage for adult obesity care improved substantially in Medicaid and state employee insurance programs between 2009 and 2017

Insurance Coverage for Adult Obesity Care Increasing

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Findings among Medicaid, state employee health insurance programs in 2009 to 2017
Hundreds of thousands more low-income Americans could get health insurance after voters in three Republican-leaning states approved Medicaid expansion in the midterm elections.

Medicaid Expansion Approved in Three Republican-Leaning States

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Voters supported expansion in Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho
There were significant improvements in one-year survival among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis following Medicaid expansion with the Affordable Care Act

Medicaid Expansion Tied to Better Kidney Disease Survival

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Findings among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis
Patients with Medicare or Medicaid are more likely than uninsured patients to use an arteriovenous fistula or graft by their fourth dialysis month

Earlier Vascular Access Seen in Insured Dialysis Patients

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Patients with Medicare, Medicaid more likely to use arteriovenous fistula, graft by fourth dialysis month
Doing without medical care is much more common among low-income residents of states that have not expanded Medicaid than among low-income people in other states

Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Patients Forgo Medical Care

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Seventeen states have not expanded Medicaid, and expansion is an election issue in several states