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May 3, 2013 Issue Brief

What Difference Does Medicaid Make? Assessing Cost Effectiveness, Access, and Financial Protection under Medicaid for Low-Income Adults

This brief examines the cost and use of health care among low-income nonelderly adults who are covered by Medicaid relative to their expected service use and costs if they instead had employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage or were uninsured. The analysis controls for a wide array of factors that also influence utilization and spending in an effort to isolate the specific effects of Medicaid coverage. Consistent with previous research, the analysis underscores how Medicaid facilitates access to care for program beneficiaries.

January 18, 2022 Issue Brief

Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions: Interactive Map

This page displays an interactive map of the current status of state decisions on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Additional Medicaid expansion resources are listed (with links) below the map.

December 14, 2021 Issue Brief

Build Back Better Would Change the Ways Low-Income People get Health Insurance

The Build Back Better Act would make a number of changes to the way people get health insurance and how health care is financed, including by temporarily closing the Medicaid coverage gap.

January 20, 2022 Issue Brief

Key Questions About Nursing Home Cases, Deaths, and Vaccinations as Omicron Spreads in the United States

This data note analyzes federal nursing home data as of January 2nd, 2022 to determine the impact of the pandemic on COVID-19 cases and deaths among staff and residents, amid the recent surge of national cases due to the Omicron variant.

September 1, 2012 Fact Sheet

The Uninsured And The Difference Health Insurance Makes

This fact sheet describes the characteristics of the uninsured and explains the recent increase in this population. It also examines the difference that health insurance can make and how health reform is expected to cover millions more people.

August 26, 2021 Issue Brief

How Have States Used Medicaid Emergency Authorities During COVID-19 and What Can We Learn?

This brief summarizes how states have used Medicaid emergency authorities related to the COVID-19 PHE, providing potential lessons for future public health and economic crises.

November 18, 2021 Issue Brief

A Closer Look at the Remaining Uninsured Population Eligible for Medicaid and CHIP

This issue brief examines the characteristics of the remaining uninsured population who are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.

June 10, 2021 Issue Brief

How Might Lowering the Medicare Age Affect Medicaid Enrollees?

This issue brief highlights key differences between Medicare and Medicaid and raises questions about how a policy to lower the age of Medicare eligibility could affect individuals who are currently enrolled in Medicaid.

September 14, 2021 Issue Brief

Implications of the Medicaid Fiscal Cliff for the U.S. Territories

The U.S territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) – have faced an array of longstanding fiscal and health challenges that were exacerbated by recent natural disasters and most recently by the COVID-19 pandemic. Differences in Medicaid financing, including a statutory cap and match rate, have contributed to broader fiscal and health systems challenges for the territories. Congress is currently debating legislation to address the looming Medicaid funding cliff. This brief builds on data in an earlier brief released in May 2021 examining the effects of the pandemic and the implications of the fiscal cliff and incorporates findings from a questionnaire sent to Medicaid Directors in territories in the summer of 2021.

December 15, 2021 Issue Brief

Explaining the New COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Health Care Provider Staff

This issue brief examines the new regulations, explains the status of the pending litigation, and identifies issues to watch.

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