Medicaid Archives

05.09.2018 a graph with numbers and a line

Health Insurance Disparities Persist after ACA

Although the percentage of those without insurance has decreased under the ACA, Black Americans are still more likely to be uninsured than White Americans.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

05.08.2018 A toy elephant's bottom and a donkey's bottom as they leave the picture

Why Not Single Payer Now?

Democrats and moderates spent the last decade building support for, developing, and then defending the Affordable Care Act. A resurgent progressive interest in single payer health care would abandon it.

Guest Author Jon Kingsdale

03.15.2018 A black and white photo of a mop

The Undeserving

Qing Wai Wong questions the assumptions behind Medicaid work requirements policy, that everyone could pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Medicaid enrollees in states that have yet to expand Medicaid will face a unique challenge.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

02.12.2018 Hands showing dirt from manual labor

A History of Work Requirements

Nine states have pending waiver requests that would require work as a condition for receiving Medicaid benefits. Work requirements are not a new policy idea. Politicians, especially conservatives, have been proposing the addition of work requirements to every existing type of public benefit program for decades.

Guest Author Allyson Baughman

11.28.2017 Graph showing trends in medication prescriptions in Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states

Medicaid Expansion Expands Access to Mental Health Care

Recent research from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act increased access to mental health care.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

10.12.2017 a graph of a number of people

The ACA and Narrow Networks for Mental Health

Data from provider networks in ACA marketplaces showed mental health care physicians were out-of-network almost 60% of the time, while primary care physicians were only out of network around 40% of the time.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

07.18.2017 Graph showing Medicaid spending on Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, and Naloxone Prescriptions for OUD

Health Equity
Policy

BCRA Undercuts Opioid Treatment

The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) creates a $45 billion fund for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. However, this amount is unlikely to overcome Medicaid spending restrictions proposed in the bill.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

03.22.2017 A graphic of the United States ACA showing job loss by state

ACA Repeal Would Result in Job Loss

A repeal of the ACA will affect more than health care coverage: job loss is a lesser-discussed, but important, effect of a repeal of the law.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

03.22.2017 Construction worker in helmet carrying lunch cooler

A Changing Labor Market Landscape: Implications for Health Insurance and Health Policy

What ACA repeal might mean for workers in middle and lower-wage occupations.

Guest Author Tom Buchmueller

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