AJMC February 19, 2021
As Medicaid is a federated program between states and the federal government, it has historically been difficult for innovation to spread state to state, hindering any comparison of quality metrics.
A 2021 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference panel, led by Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, a practicing gynecologist and Gratis Faculty at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine, focused on current Medicaid challenges and looked ahead to the future of the 50 year-old program proposing potential reforms.
“Medicaid is now the largest single payer of health care in this nation. Seventy-five million Americans are on Medicaid post-Affordable Care Act (ACA), and [after] the shift in income and loss of work due to the pandemic,” Gee said. Although...
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