Findings from University of Sydney Broaden Understanding of Social Science (Medicaid: What Does It Do, and Can We Do It Better?)

Health Policy and Law Daily

2019 NOV 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Current study results on Science - Social Science have been published. According to news reporting from Sydney, Australia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This article provides an overview of the Medicaid program and summarizes the evidence about its effectiveness in terms of providing insurance and promoting health. The evidence shows that Medicaid has improved the lives of low-income people since its creation in 1965.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Sydney, “Expansions in Medicaid have led to increases in coverage and access to medical care, reductions in medical debt, and improvements in health outcomes with little evidence of significant reductions in beneficiaries’ labor supply. Yet there are concerns around the program’s high and increasing costs, the quality of care provided, and difficulty accessing Medicaid-funded care.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “We discuss some of the proposed Medicaid reforms meant to address these problems in light of previous evidence.”

For more information on this research see: Medicaid: What Does It Do, and Can We Do It Better? The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2019;686(1):148-179. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting V. Duque, University of Sydney, Econ, Sydney, Nsw, Australia.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716219874772. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.