Medicaid
In a new video from Health News Review, Dr. Sarah Gollust (University of Minnesota) discusses an analysis just released in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH).
The analysis examines the content of local TV news coverage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the first… Read more
In 2014, new Medicaid and Marketplace enrollees identified news as the top source of information about health insurance options, with local television news cited more than any other news media type as their most influential information source. Despite the key role of television news media in… Read more
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for January through September 20161 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program.
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With only a few exceptions coverage and uninsurance… Read more
A new SHADAC brief examines the implications of an Affordable Care Act repeal for Minnesota. The authors, SHADAC Research Assistant Robert Hest and SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett, present an overview of the the impact of the ACA's coverage expansions in the state and highlight the potential for… Read more
In this brief, the authors present an overview of the impact of the ACA’s coverage expansions in the state of Minnesota and highlight the potential for losses with an ACA repeal. We look specifically at rates of health insurance coverage, hospital uncompensated care, and levels of federal… Read more
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In November 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule implementing Medicaid’s “equal access” provision, nearly 25 years after the statute was enacted and more than four years after the rule was… Read more
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The upcoming administration has indicated that it will be looking for ways to give states greater flexibility in how they design their Medicaid programs. One way to achieve this flexibility is through the use of Section 1115 demonstration… Read more
Principal Investigator: Brant Fries, PhD, University of Michigan
The goal of this study is to examine Medicaid long-term medical care eligibility criteria across states, and in particular, how the nursing facility level of care (LOC) criteria affect access to care through home and… Read more
Principal Investigator: Alexander Cowell, PhD, RTI International
The goal of this research is to inform state policy discussions around access to and continuity of behavioral health care in Medicaid and the exchanges for those who transition between these sources of coverage. The research team… Read more