Researchers found preventable hospitalization rates among Medicaid-enrolled adults were higher for those eligible for Medicaid through Supplemental Security Income compared with those eligible through other pathways as well as for Black enrollees compared with white enrollees.
Researchers contrast capping provider rates with a public option as approaches to reducing health care spending. Households would save about $20 billion under the public option and about $94 billion with capped rates.
Understanding the small-group market and how it compares with individual Marketplaces can help policymakers form better solutions to the similar problems these markets face. Researchers compare these markets with an eye toward competition and pricing.
Watch a discussion about building successful community-led public health initiatives that advance equity. Speakers also discuss a new report on promoting equitable health and health care with lessons from these community-led initiatives.
“While we wait for research and clinical trials on Long COVID, which must be urgently prioritized, we must ensure that people have access to quality and affordable health care and their basic needs are met,” experts comment.
BHPs would be fiscally feasible, improve affordability, and pay providers at least 10 percent above Medicaid rates in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Wyoming, and West Virginia.
Key stakeholders shared insights about research needs that could help inform decisions about implementing or maintaining state-led coverage expansions for noncitizens.
