Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers

The last 15 years have witnessed explosive growth in State Medicaid programs. This article demonstrates the equalizing impacts of greater spending and recent Federal mandates on the health care coverage of the poor. Large inequalities in generosity still remain, however. Inequalities in taxpayer bur...

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Autores principales: Cromwell, Jerry, Adamache, Killard W., Ammering, Carol, Bartosch, William J., Boulis, Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1995
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Medicaid and State Health Reform
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10142582
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author Cromwell, Jerry
Adamache, Killard W.
Ammering, Carol
Bartosch, William J.
Boulis, Ann
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description The last 15 years have witnessed explosive growth in State Medicaid programs. This article demonstrates the equalizing impacts of greater spending and recent Federal mandates on the health care coverage of the poor. Large inequalities in generosity still remain, however. Inequalities in taxpayer burdens are also documented, and simulations of alternative Federal sharing algorithms show significant changes that would be required to achieve a more equitable distribution of the program's financial burden.
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spelling pubmed-41935132014-11-04 Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers Cromwell, Jerry Adamache, Killard W. Ammering, Carol Bartosch, William J. Boulis, Ann Health Care Financ Rev Medicaid and State Health Reform The last 15 years have witnessed explosive growth in State Medicaid programs. This article demonstrates the equalizing impacts of greater spending and recent Federal mandates on the health care coverage of the poor. Large inequalities in generosity still remain, however. Inequalities in taxpayer burdens are also documented, and simulations of alternative Federal sharing algorithms show significant changes that would be required to achieve a more equitable distribution of the program's financial burden. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1995 /pmc/articles/PMC4193513/ /pubmed/10142582 Text en
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Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers
title Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers
title_full Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers
title_fullStr Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers
title_full_unstemmed Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers
title_short Equity of the Medicaid Program to the Poor Versus Taxpayers
title_sort equity of the medicaid program to the poor versus taxpayers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193513/
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