Tag: Medicaid
Why states didn’t go broke from the pandemic
Raymond Scheppach, University of Virginia
During the summer of 2020, there were many news reports about the impending state...
Webcams in nursing home rooms may deter elder abuse – but...
Clara Berridge, University of Washington and Karen Levy, Cornell University
Mary Ann Papp’s daughter Lisa was worried about her 75-year-old mother.
A foot infection seemed to...
US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling Americans
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University and Debra Brucker, University of New Hampshire
Who counts as poor in the U.S. today?
Measuring the share of the population that...
Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
Susan R. Crandall, University of Massachusetts Boston
Forty percent of all working-age Americans sometimes struggle to pay their monthly bills.
There is no place in...
The US could have ended up with a British-style health care...
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
The role of government in the U.S. health care system has been contentious long before the recent emergence of...
Medicaid work requirements: Where do they stand after the blue wave?
Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
The 2018 midterm elections have dealt a significant setback to President Trump’s agenda in the legislative arena.
However, there are...
I treat patients on Medicaid, and I don’t see undeserving poor...
Audrey M Provenzano, Harvard University
As more states join Kentucky in trying to impose work requirements for people who receive Medicaid, I could not help...
Why the daunting economics of elder care are about to get...
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan
My sister Carol loves movies, but she hasn’t been out to see one in years. When she tries to watch...
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Paris has already given us a modest climate deal – now...
Peter Christoff, University of Melbourne
Today, in a renovated aircraft hanger in northern Paris, climate negotiators representing some 195 countries start to hammer out a...
