This new research published in the journal Health Affairs looked at both physical and behavioral health outcomes to examine the impact of Medicaid expansion. For a review of the research on the impact of Medicaid expansion, check out this article from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Last week, CMS announced a new program – Healthy Adult Opportunity – that would allow states to opt into a new funding program for Medicaid that offers a spending cap or block grant. To better understand the new program, read this review by NPR or this one by The New York Times. Kaiser Health News also put together…
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With contributions from Samantha Artiga, Director, Disparities Policy Project The Kaiser Family Foundation focuses on national health issues through policy analysis, journalism, and communications. KFF serves as a non-partisan source of facts, analysis, and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health policy community, and the public. Let’s start with a high-level overview of Medicaid – its…
The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) put together this illustrative infographic on the pervasive racial and educational inequities in our healthcare system with a focus on access to a personal doctor and foregone medical care due to cost. In 2019, 25% of Americans said they or a family member delayed necessary medical care…
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has been exploring the personal financial impact of the ACA since its passage. Part of their ongoing research explores the bill’s impact in expansion states and non-expansion states. This summary provides an overview of ways that Medicaid expansion improved the financial health of low-income Americans.
Grantmakers in Health webinar November 21, 2019 Learn more and register here Join GIH for this webinar. Experiencing trauma in childhood increases the risk of chronic disease and behavioral health issues throughout life. The Medicaid program, which provides health coverage for approximately 40 percent of children and youth aged 0-18 in the United States, is…
This great interactive tool by the Kaiser Family Foundation provides facts for each state on coverage, expansion policies, types of services covered, and more.
This article from the Kaiser Family Foundation outlines the ten most critical facts to understand Medicaid. This is the perfect place to start if you are looking for a quick read to catch you up on how Medicaid is structured and what and who it covers (and doesn’t).
The Kaiser Family Foundation performed a review of over 300 research studies on the effects of Medicaid expansion. This literature review includes information on access to care, use of health care facilities, quality of care, health outcomes, affordability, and more. Expansion states saw increased health care coverage, improved measures of health care access, more positive…