Healthcare Economist November 21, 2021
Where does the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services see Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) heading in the future. Based on a Health Affairs commentary from Brooks-LaSure and Tsai, the three key priority areas are (1) coverage and access, (2) equity, and (3) innovation and whole-person care. I review each of these approaches below.
1. Coverage and Access
Medicaid coverage is a difficult proposition. At a federal level, CMS employees will want as many people who are eligible to be enrolled. While this affects the federal budget, increasing the budget of the CMS departments increases their budgets and power withing the government. While Medicaid is state and federally funded and partially federally regulated, States themselves may want...
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