Jose Manuel Fernandez shares research on the impact on test scores and special education when Michigan required private coverage of autism spectrum disorder therapies.
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A New Era in the Fight Over Medicaid Premiums
The impact of charging people to use Medicaid and how phasing out premiums could threaten one state’s Medicaid expansion.
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How Safety Net Programs Work Together to Improve Health
Joe Benitez shares research about how food, income and health care safety net programs overlap to support low-income families.
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Peter Lee on Obamacare, Covered California and Where We Go Next With Health Care
The head of California’s Obamacare exchange reflects on a decade of running one of the most successful parts of the ACA.
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When Risk Adjustment Falls Short
Hannah Neprash writes about a new study showing the limits of risk adjustment to level the playing field among insurance plans.
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Medicaid Expansion Is About More Than New Enrollees
Paul Shafer writes about a new study on how Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion helped people already in the program find care closer to their homes.
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Medicare’s Unprecedented Alzheimer’s Drug Decision
A doctor, a patient and a former federal official weigh in on Medicare’s recent move to restrict access to a new Alzheimer’s treatment.
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How Medicaid Mental Health Coverage Could Keep People Out of Jail
Kosali Simon shares research on the relationship between Medicaid, mental health care and incarceration.
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Rethinking Telehealth’s Role in Treating Addiction
COVID opened the door to treating addiction remotely. Now policymakers have to decide whether to keep telehealth around.
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Let’s Make a Deal…on Drug Prices
Democrats are on the brink of passing a historic set of drug price reforms. How will they impact patients, insurers and the drug industry?