Medicaid Expansion — The Soft Underbelly of Health Care Reform?

作者: Benjamin D. Sommers , Arnold M. Epstein

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMP1010866

关键词: Health insuranceMEDLINEEconomic growthHealth care reformMedicaidPoverty levelCover (telecommunications)Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActMedicineGeneral Medicine

摘要: The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid to cover all adults with family incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level. But insurance eligibility doesn't always translate into enrollment, and heterogeneity among state programs makes outcome uncertain.

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