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How Medicaid Fails the Poor
Avik Roy
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Description for How Medicaid Fails the Poor
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JKS; JPQB; KFFN; LNTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 3. Weight in Grams: 57.
Medicaid, America's government-run health insurance program for the poor, should be a lifeline that provides needed health care to Americans with no other options. Surprisingly, however, it doesn't. The medical literature reveals a $450 billion-a-year scandal: that people on Medicaid have far worse health outcomes than those with private insurance, and no better outcomes than those with no insurance at all. Why is this so? In How Medicaid Fails the Poor, Avik Roy explains how Medicaid's clumsy design and perverse incentives make it hard for people on Medicaid to get the medical care they need. Medicaid doesn't reimburse doctors ... Read more
Medicaid, America's government-run health insurance program for the poor, should be a lifeline that provides needed health care to Americans with no other options. Surprisingly, however, it doesn't. The medical literature reveals a $450 billion-a-year scandal: that people on Medicaid have far worse health outcomes than those with private insurance, and no better outcomes than those with no insurance at all. Why is this so? In How Medicaid Fails the Poor, Avik Roy explains how Medicaid's clumsy design and perverse incentives make it hard for people on Medicaid to get the medical care they need. Medicaid doesn't reimburse doctors ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594037528
SKU
V9781594037528
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About Avik Roy
Avik Roy is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. In 2012, Roy served as a health care policy adviser to Mitt Romney. He is editor and principal author of The Apothecary, the influential Forbes blog on health care policy and entitlement reform. MSNBC's Chris Hayes calls The Apothecary "one of the best takes from conservatives on that set of ... Read more
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