The US Medicaid program: coverage, financing, reforms, and implications for health equity

JM Donohue, ES Cole, CV James, M Jarlenski… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medicaid is the largest health insurance program by enrollment in the US and
has an important role in financing care for eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant …

[PDF][PDF] 10 things to know about Medicaid: setting the facts straight

R Rudowitz, R Garfield, E Hinton - Kaiser Family Foundation, 2019 - digirepo.nlm.nih.gov
Medicaid is the nation's public health insurance program for people with low income. The
Medicaid program covers 1 in 5 low-income Americans, including many with complex and …

Medicaid expansion—the soft underbelly of health care reform?

BD Sommers, AM Epstein - New England Journal of Medicine, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid to cover all adults with family incomes below
133% of the federal poverty level. But insurance eligibility doesn't always translate into …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from early Medicaid expansions under health reform: interviews with Medicaid officials

BD Sommers, E Arntson, GM Kenney… - Medicare & medicaid …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expands Medicaid in 2014 in
participating states. Meanwhile, six states have already expanded Medicaid since 2010 to …

New approaches in Medicaid: work requirements, health savings accounts, and health care access

BD Sommers, CE Fry, RJ Blendon, AM Epstein - Health Affairs, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
Alternative approaches in Medicaid are proliferating under the Trump administration. Using
a novel telephone survey, we assessed views on health savings accounts, work …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding participation rates in Medicaid: implications for the Affordable Care Act

B Sommers, R Kronick, K Finegold, R Po, K Schwartz… - Public Health, 2012 - aspe.hhs.gov
In 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will extend Medicaid eligibility to all US citizens and
qualified residents with family incomes at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) …

There's something about Medicaid

A Weil - Health Affairs, 2003 - healthaffairs.org
In the thirty-seven years since its creation, Medicaid has grown in terms of whom it covers
and what it costs. Current rates of Medicaid enrollment and cost growth are high relative to …

Kentucky's Medicaid expansion showing early promise on coverage and access to care

JA Benitez, L Creel, JA Jennings - Health Affairs, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
Kentucky is one of only two southern states, at the time of this writing, to have expanded
Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion raised Medicaid eligibility levels as …

Reasons for the wide variation in Medicaid participation rates among states hold lessons for coverage expansion in 2014

BD Sommers, MR Tomasi, K Swartz, AM Epstein - Health affairs, 2012 - healthaffairs.org
The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility in 2014 to adults with incomes of up
to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. To maximize this opportunity, policy makers need …

Medicaid Coverage and Spending in Health Reform: National and State-by-State Results for Adults at or Below 133% Poverty

J Holahan - 2010 - webarchive.urban.org
The federal government will pay the overwhelming majority of the costs associated with the
expansion of Medicaid under the new health reform law, and the number of uninsured will …