Evidence From Early State Medicaid Expansions Demonstrates That Uneven State Implementation Harms Childless Young Adults

Roby reflects on the importance for the government to ensure additional federal funding and oversight in Medicaid programs to maintain or expand eligibility levels, preserve benefits and guarantee adequate provider reimbursement in the US. He cites the analysis of the early expansion of Medicaid in...

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Published inJournal of adolescent health Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 319 - 320
Main Author Roby, Dylan H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier BV 01.09.2020
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Subjects
Childlessness
COVID-19
Federal funding
Health care
Health care access
Health insurance
Humans
Income
Insurance Coverage
Medicaid
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patients
United States
Young Adult
Young adults
United States
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Summary:Roby reflects on the importance for the government to ensure additional federal funding and oversight in Medicaid programs to maintain or expand eligibility levels, preserve benefits and guarantee adequate provider reimbursement in the US. He cites the analysis of the early expansion of Medicaid in three states before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which meaningfully contribute to the mounting body of evidence demonstrating that expanding access to Medicaid clearly improves not only insurance coverage and access to health care for enrollees but also improves financial security, state economies, and hospital operating margins. The author asserts that Medicaid is the cornerstone of the health care financing system and in the Covid-19 era, the government should protect them by ensuring additional federal funding to the program.
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ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.028