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May 07, 2013 10:00 AM Why Not Give Cash Instead of Medicaid?

This question is kicking around the blogosphere and Twitter. The current interest is inspired by the incorrect view that the latest Oregon Health Study paper shows that Medicaid does not improve physical health outcomes but does confer financial benefits. In...

By Austin Frakt

May 02, 2013 10:00 AM Cherry Picking in Medicaid

Managed care companies are cherry picking the healthiest disabled senior dual eligible beneficiaries in New York state using a variety of methods, and excluding those needing the most care. The program provides a monthly per capita payment amount ($3,800/month) regardless...

By Don Taylor

April 30, 2013 10:11 AM What Obamacare Can Really Do: Help the Underinsured

Here's something to think about the next time someone disses Medicaid. Most people, even me, talk about the reduction in the numbers of uninsured being the biggest impact of the Affordable Care Act. But it’s important to remember that plenty...

By Aaron Carroll

March 08, 2013 8:49 AM Privatized Medicaid Will Not Be Cheaper Than Real Medicaid

I’ve heard that there are folks who think that Arkansas’s plans to move the Medicaid expansion population onto the state’s Obamacare exchange will save money. Now, it is not completely out of the question that it could, on net, save...

By Austin Frakt

March 04, 2013 8:10 AM Privatization to Reduce Medicaid Prices

Paul Krugman, reacting to Florida’s waiver to direct its Medicaid expansion population to private managed care: And despite some feeble claims to the contrary, privatizing Medicaid will end up requiring more, not less, government spending, because there’s overwhelming evidence that...

By Austin Frakt