Findings from University of Minnesota Provides New Data about Medicare and Medicaid (Interest Group Conflict Over Medicaid Expansion: The Surprising…

Findings from University of Minnesota Provides New Data about Medicare and Medicaid (Interest Group Conflict Over Medicaid Expansion: The Surprising Impact of Public Advocates)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Data detailed on Medicare and Medicaid have been presented. According to news originating from Minneapolis, Minnesota, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "We examined the potential economic, policy, and political influences on the decisions of the 50 US states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. We related a measure of relative state progress toward Medicaid expansion updated to 2015 to each state's economic circumstances, established policy frameworks in states, partisan control of state government, and lobbyists for businesses, medical professionals, unions, and public interest organizations."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Minnesota, "The 9201 lobbyists working on health care reform in state capitols exerted a strong and significant impact on Medicaid expansion. Controlling for confounding factors (including partisanship and existing policy frameworks), we found that business and professional lobbyists exerted a negative effect on state Medicaid expansion and, unexpectedly, that public interest advocates exerted a positive effect. There are 3.1 million adults who lack coverage because they live in the 20 states that refused to expand Medicaid."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Although political party and lobbyists for private interests present significant barriers in these states, legislative lobbying on behalf of the uninsured appears likely to be effective."

For more information on this research see: Interest Group Conflict Over Medicaid Expansion: The Surprising Impact of Public Advocates. American Journal of Public Health, 2016;106(2):308-313. American Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: Amer Public Health Assoc Inc, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710, USA (see also Medicare and Medicaid).

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from T. Callaghan, University of Minnesota, Humphrey Sch Public Affairs, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Health Policy, Medicaid, University of Minnesota.

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