The Effects of Medicaid Coverage — Learning from the Oregon Experiment
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Baicker, Katherine
Finkelstein, Amy
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August 2011
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New England Journal of Medicine
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New England Journal of Medicine
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Baicker, Katherine, and Amy Finkelstein. “The Effects of Medicaid Coverage — Learning from the Oregon Experiment.” New England Journal of Medicine 365, no. 8 (August 25, 2011): 683-685.
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Abstract
There has been much debate, especially in light of the health insurance expansions in the Affordable Care Act and the current fiscal crisis, about the costs and benefits of Medicaid. Some have argued that Medicaid doesn't deliver much in the way of real benefits, either because it pays providers so little that beneficiaries have trouble gaining access to care, or because the low-income uninsured already have reasonable access to care through clinics, uncompensated care, emergency departments, and out-of-pocket spending. Others have argued that providing Medicaid coverage to the uninsured would reduce total health care spending by improving health and reducing inefficient use of hospitals and emergency rooms. Ultimately, the costs and benefits of Medicaid are empirical questions.
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available in PMC 2012 April 9.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1108222
