Changes in Insurance Coverage in Rural Areas under the ACA: A Focus on Medicaid Expansion States
Nationwide, nearly two million people in rural areas in Medicaid expansion states gained insurance coverage between 2013 and 2015.
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State Variation in Medicaid Per Enrollee Spending for Seniors and People with Disabilities
Issue BriefThis issue brief explains the variation in Medicaid spending per enrollee for seniors, nonelderly adults with disabilities, and children with disabilities compared to other populations as well as the variation in per enrollee spending for these populations among states. It also provides a snapshot of state choices about optional eligibility pathways and services important to many seniors and people with disabilities.
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The Role of Medicaid in Rural America
Issue BriefThis brief describes Medicaid’s role for 52 million nonelderly children and adults living in the most rural areas in the United States and discusses how expansions or reductions in Medicaid could affect rural areas.
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Data Note: Medicaid Managed Care Growth and Implications of the Medicaid Expansion
Issue BriefMost states today rely heavily on risk-based managed care organizations (MCOs) to serve Medicaid beneficiaries. This Data Note discusses the current role of managed care in Medicaid and examines differences in managed care growth between states that expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and states that did not expand Medicaid.
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Medicaid’s Role for Individuals with HIV
OtherThis infographic provides information and statistics about individuals with HIV and Medicaid’s role in covering HIV services.
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Governors’ Proposed Budgets for FY 2018: Focus on Medicaid and Other Health Priorities
Issue BriefThis report provides Medicaid highlights from governors’ proposed budgets for state fiscal year (FY) 2018, which runs from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in most states. Proposed budgets reflect the priorities of the governor and are often blueprints for the legislature to consider.
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State Variation in Medicaid Acute and Long-Term Care Spending Per Enrollee, FY 2011
FeatureThis slide and chart show state variation in Medicaid acute and long-term care spending, per enrollee, for FY 2011
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Data Note: Three Findings about Access to Care and Health Outcomes in Medicaid
Issue BriefThe Medicaid program covers 74 million low-income Americans, including many of the poorest and sickest people in our society. Among those served are pregnant women and children, parents and other adults, poor seniors, and people with disabilities. Given Medicaid’s major coverage role and the complex needs of the populations it covers, data and evidence on access to care and health outcomes in Medicaid are of key interest. Such an assessment is also important to ensure that debate about the effectiveness of the Medicaid program is grounded in facts and analysis. This Data Note discusses what the research shows.
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Data Note: What if Per Enrollee Medicaid Spending Growth Had Been Limited to CPI-M from 2001-2011?
Issue BriefCongress is currently debating the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and also make substantial changes to the structure and financing of Medicaid. Among other provisions, the AHCA would use a per capita cap policy to cap federal funds to states for Medicaid. This data note examines what the implications of tying per enrollee growth to CPI-M would have been for the 2001-2011 period for federal spending nationally and state-by-state by major enrollment group. This analysis is meant to illustrate how actual spending compares to spending limits that would have been in place if growth rates had been limited to CPI-M, similar to the limits proposed by the AHCA.
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Medicaid Restructuring Under the American Health Care Act and Nonelderly Adults with Disabilities
Issue BriefThis brief describes Medicaid’s role for nearly 7 million nonelderly adults with disabilities living in the community to help inform the debate about the American Health Care Act’s proposals to end enhanced federal funding under the ACA and reduce federal Medicaid funding under a per capita cap.