What is it about?
The federal government should take over Medicaid by relieving states of their operational and financial responsibility for running the Medicaid program. Implementing this proposal, would free up state budgets for greater spending on education, transportation, and other social service needs. It would improve the Affordable Care Act by immediately expanding Medicaid in the 12 states that have so far refused this state option and promote social justice by making benefits, beneficiaries, and provider reimbursement rates uniform throughout the country.
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Why is it important?
It will promote social justice, simplify administration, and improve efficiency.
Perspectives
This is the latest of my 3 articles in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved on the Affordable Care Act. It also continues my long commitment to study Medicaid and publish the results of research with my colleagues in JHCPU
Emeritus MMF Distinguished Professor of Health Policy William P. Brandon
University of North Carolina Charlotte
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This page is a summary of: Federalize Medicaid to Fix the Affordable Care Act: For Efficiency, Equity, and Social Justice, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, January 2021, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0009.
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