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Health Policy Update
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There’s more than one way to achieve full health insurance coverage
A range of health reform strategies can increase coverage and improve affordability, and different approaches can even achieve universal health insurance coverage. What are the trade-offs for households, employers, and governments?
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Variation in states’ Medicaid prescriptions for buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder
This brief looks at variation across states in prescription rates for buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) from 2011 to 2018. Prescription estimates per Medicaid enrollee show that many states’ Medicaid programs have per enrollee BMT rates that may be falling short of underlying needs.
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How women view birth control in their lives
More than 200 women in California, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, and Texas—states that represent a range of family-planning provider and policy landscapes—shared their perspectives on birth control and explained the factors that influence their contraceptive choices.
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One in seven adults in immigrant families reported chilling effects in 2018 around the proposed public charge rule
We find that 13.7 percent of adults in immigrant families reported that they or a family member avoided noncash public benefits in 2018 for fear of risking future green card status. Among adults in low-income families earning less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, this rate was 20.7 percent.
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Many adults targeted by Medicaid work requirements face barriers to sustained employment
Compared with privately insured adults, Medicaid enrollees who would potentially be subject to work requirements are more likely to face employment barriers, including low educational attainment, health problems, limited transportation and internet access, criminal records, and residence in high-unemployment or high-poverty neighborhoods.
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