Medicaid Archives

07.20.2022 a building with red fire escape

Evicting Health

Eviction affects health care coverage and use in the short term, and may have longer term implications.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

07.07.2022 a scale with a heart and money on it

Health Equity

Social Investing to Cut Healthcare Costs

Researchers investigated the association between healthcare costs and spending on housing, education, food access, and social support networks.

Guest Author Simone Singh

05.27.2022 hands holding key with house

A Call for Medicaid Programs that Fund Housing

Providing housing is an essential part of modern mental health systems and should be funded by Medicaid.

Guest Authors Ira A. Burnim, Monica Porter

05.09.2022 a woman giving a glass of water to a woman

Healthcare at Home: Lessons from COVID-19

Medicaid recipients who self-directed their care during COVID reported many benefits from the added flexibility.

Fellow Abby Outterson

03.01.2022 birth control

A Problem to be Treated

Birth control barriers still prevent access for many, despite expanded coverage.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

06.23.2021 Chart showing spending with key dates

Money Trails

High spending on lobbying and campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical and health product industry correlated with major health bills at the federal level.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

02.25.2021 a person opening a white envelope

Signed Up with No Say

In a good-faith effort to help more residents enroll and to coordinate their care between Medicare and Medicaid, Cal MediConnect automatically enrolled dual-eligible residents from 7 counties—without their consent.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

10.23.2020 a pie chart with numbers and text

TV Time

In a particularly low blow, Trump appointees eliminated federal TV advertising for the Marketplace for the 2018 open enrollment period.

Fellow Gray Babbs

09.08.2020 a graph showing the amount of delivery in the year

Counting Contraception

Creating systems that encourage providers to offer IUDs and implants is a critical step to contraception access.

Fellow Gray Babbs

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