Tag: Insurance: Medicaid
Medicaid Expansion Approved in Three Republican-Leaning States
Voters supported expansion in Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho
Medicaid Expansion Tied to Better Kidney Disease Survival
Findings among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis
Earlier Vascular Access Seen in Insured Dialysis Patients
Patients with Medicare, Medicaid more likely to use arteriovenous fistula, graft by fourth dialysis month
Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Patients Forgo Medical Care
Seventeen states have not expanded Medicaid, and expansion is an election issue in several states
Spending Often Persists in High-Cost Medicare-Medicaid Eligible
Most of cost is related to long-term care, little tied to potentially preventable hospitalizations
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Impact Many Enrollees
Further, cost savings achieved with their implementation would likely be minimal
Child Participation in Medicaid, CHIP Up From 2013 to 2016
Increase accompanied by a 47 percent decrease in the number of eligible but uninsured children
Medicaid Expansion Ups Access to Family Planning Services
1 in 3 women of reproductive age report better ability to access birth control, family planning services
AMA Proposes Policy Opposing Medicaid ‘Lockout’ Provisions
Policy supports allowing patients to reapply immediately for redetermination
Groups Urge CMS to Reconsider Suspending Risk Adjustment
Twenty-eight medical organizations, including AMA, sent letter to Administrator Verma of CMS
