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The Affordable Care Act and the Diffusion of Policy Feedback: The Case of Medicaid Work Requirements

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2020
Over the last five years, many states have sought to limit access to Medicaid by adopting restrictive policies. How can we reconcile this development with studies that imply that Medicaid should be insulated from policy backlash?
Richard C. Fording, Dana Patton
doaj   +1 more source

Can reducing administrative burdens increase benefit amounts? Evidence from SNAP simplified reporting

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Relaxing administrative burdens can boost enrollment in benefit programs. However, administrative burdens can influence other outcomes of interest. Simplified reporting is a state policy option that reduces the amount of information Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients must report between certifications.
W. Clay Fannin
wiley   +1 more source

Medicaid and Medicare

open access: yes, 2021
Medicaid is the largest health care program for persons with low income in the US and is jointly funded by the federal and individual state governments, while Medicare is solely funded by the federal government and provides health care for the vast majority of elderly persons.
Enders, Dirk   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Restoration of Adult Dental in the State's Medicaid Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
HB1516 SA2 Fact SheetTraditionally Illinois covered non-emergency adult dental services in Medicaid. However, Illinois eliminated these services as a Medicaid benefit for most adults in the Save Medicaid Access & Resources Together (SMART) Act, public ...

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Implications of state policy context for the well‐being of immigrant families with young children

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract There is notable variation in state‐level social policy exclusions for immigrant parents and their children. Little research has investigated how these exclusions impair the well‐being of immigrant families. This study examined how state‐level social policy exclusions for immigrants are associated with the well‐being of immigrant parents and ...
Kevin Ferreira van Leer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transitioning From Medicaid Expansion Programs to Medicare: Making Sure Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Get Financial Help [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Affordable Care Act allows states to offer Medicaid coverage to low-income adults who would not have qualified under previous law. This population will face higher cost-sharing requirements when they transition to Medicare, although some may be ...
Jay Dev   +2 more
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Stuck in neutral? Federalism, policy instruments, and counter-cyclical responses to COVID-19 in the United States

open access: yesPolicy & Society, 2020
Federalism plays a foundational role in structuring public expectations about how the United States will respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both an unprecedented public-health crisis and an economic recession.
Philip Rocco   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost‐Effectiveness of Ferritin Screening Thresholds for Iron Deficiency in Reproductive‐Age Women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Iron deficiency (ID) is a top five leading cause of disability‐adjusted life‐years in women of reproductive age around the world. Despite its enormous health burden, no screening guidelines exist for the detection and treatment of ID in women of reproductive age.
Daniel Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Examines the Medicaid payment and care delivery systems in states working to develop accountable care organizations within Medicaid, how ACOs may be structured to fit into them, and how Medicaid ACOs differ from those in Medicare and the private ...
Sarah M. Kuszczak
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Influenza vaccination coverage estimates in the fee-for service Medicare beneficiary population 2006 – 2016: Using population-based administrative data to support a geographic based near real-time tool

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Older adults are at great risk of developing serious complications from seasonal influenza. We explore vaccination coverage estimates in the Medicare population through the use of administrative claims data and describe a tool designed to help shape ...
Angela K. Shen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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