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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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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Has Medicaid Managed Care Delivered On Its Promise?
Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. Did it work?
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The Costly, Confusing Medicare Choices Facing 62 Million Americans
It’s Medicare open enrollment time, but shopping for a new plan is much harder and riskier than it seems.
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What You Need to Know About the New Surprise Bill Rule
Katie Keith breaks down the newest rule outlining how new federal surprise bill legislation will be enforced.
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Can Democrats Reconcile Their Health Policy Differences?
Democratic lawmakers face tough health care compromises as they struggle to secure votes for their blockbuster spending bill.
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Price Hikes Fuel Rising Employer Health Costs
Aditi Sen shares new data from the Health Care Cost Institute on health care spending, utilization and average price trends in the employer-sponsored insurance market.
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Inside Big Health Insurers’ Side Hustle
America’s largest health insurance companies moonlight as obscure middlemen, managing billions in health care spending for many of the country’s biggest employers.
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Docs Don’t Want to Fight With Medicaid to Get Paid
Hannah Neprash on new research showing the impact of insurance claim denials on doctors’ willingness to see Medicaid patients.