Studies Conducted at University of California on Medicare and Medicaid Recently Reported (Mistaken for Dead: The Affordable Care Act and the…

Studies Conducted at University of California on Medicare and Medicaid Recently Reported (Mistaken for Dead: The Affordable Care Act and the Continued Resilience of Medicare Advantage)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Medicare and Medicaid have been published. According to news originating from San Francisco, California, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "In 2009, Medicare Advantage became a prime target in the Obama Administration's efforts to pay for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). After securing substantial cuts to a program the President described as a failure, the Obama administration was compelled to take unprecedented administrative steps to put billions of dollars back into Medicare Advantage."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California, "These developments demonstrate how Medicare Advantage's support constituency, which has come to include Democrats, Republicans, beneficiaries, and the managed care industry, has maintained more political influence in the aftermath of the ACA than some initially believed. The continued and growing influence of the Medicare Advantage constituency does not, however, mean that Medicare is primed for a more conservative turn toward vouchers or premium support."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "With the provision of generous benefits and increasing evidence that Medicare Advantage produces higher quality health outcomes than traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage appears to be secure in its current form."

For more information on this research see: Mistaken for Dead: The Affordable Care Act and the Continued Resilience of Medicare Advantage. Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics, 2015;13(1):143-165. Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics can be contacted at: Walter De Gruyter Gmbh, Genthiner Strasse 13, D-10785 Berlin, Germany.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from A.S. Kelly, University of California, Center Tobacco Control Res & Educ, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: California, San Francisco, United States, Health Policy, Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid, North and Central America,

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