Abstract Background As of January 2017, 32 states have decided to expand Medicaid
through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The uninsured rate in the United …

Background: As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states were given the
option of expanding Medicaid coverage to include adults younger than age 65 years with …

Background A current appraisal of access to orthopaedic care for the adult patient receiving
Medicaid is important, since Medicaid expansion was written into law by the Patient …

Background: Access to care is limited for patients with Medicaid with many conditions, but
data investigating this relationship in the orthopaedic literature are limited. The purpose of …

Background: Critics argue that expanding health insurance coverage through Medicaid may
not result in improved access to care. The Affordable Care Act provides reimbursement …

Background: There is variability in access to and utilization of orthopaedic care, particularly
for those with Medicaid insurance. One potential contributor is perceived unwillingness of …

Background: The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act has expanded Medicaid eligibility in
recent years. However, the provisions of the act have not translated to improved Medicaid …

Background: It has been documented that children insured by Medicaid in California have
significantly less access to orthopedic care than children with private insurance. Low …

Our objective was to compare the availability of hip and knee arthroplasty to an adult insured
by Medicaid and by private insurance. All orthopedic surgeons' offices in a South Florida …

Background Medicaid provides health coverage to those beneath the federal poverty line.
The literature shows that patients with Medicaid experience barriers to scheduling initial and …