Report Summarizes Medicare and Medicaid Study Findings from Virginia Commonwealth University (Medicaid Disenrollment and Disparities in Access to…

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Report Summarizes Medicare and Medicaid Study Findings from Virginia Commonwealth University (Medicaid Disenrollment and Disparities in Access to Care: Evidence from Tennessee)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- New research on Medicare and Medicaid is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Richmond, Virginia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "To assess the effects of Tennessee's 2005 Medicaid disenrollment on access to health care among low-income nonelderly adults. Data Source/Study Setting. We use data from the 2003-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System."

Financial support for this research came from Virginia Commonwealth University (see also Medicare and Medicaid).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Virginia Commonwealth University, "We examined the effects of Medicaid disenrollment on access to care among adults living in Tennessee compared with neighboring states, using difference-in- difference models. Evidence suggests that Medicaid disenrollment resulted in significant decreases in health insurance and increases in cost-related barriers to care for low income adults living in Tennessee. Statistically significant changes were not observed for having a personal doctor. Medicaid disenrollment is associated with reduced access to care."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "This finding is relevant for states considering expansions or contractions of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act."

For more information on this research see: Medicaid Disenrollment and Disparities in Access to Care: Evidence from Tennessee. Health Services Research, 2017;52(3):1156-1167. Health Services Research can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Health Services Research - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-6773)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting W.W. Tarazi, Virginia Commonwealth University, Sch Med, Dept. of Hlth Behav & Policy, Richmond, VA 23298, United States. Additional authors for this research include T.L. Green and L.M. Sabik.

Keywords for this news article include: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Health Policy, Medicaid, Virginia Commonwealth University.