Studies from Cornell University Describe New Findings in Managed Care (Building Power for Health: the Grassroots Politics of Sustaining and Strengthening Medicaid): Managed Care

2025 APR 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Data detailed on Managed Care have been presented. According to news originating from Ithaca, New York, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Notwithstanding an impressive corpus charting the politics of Medicaid, there is still much to learn about the contemporary politics of sustaining, expanding, and protecting the program. There is especially scant scholarly evidence on the significance and function of grassroots political actors (i.e., the communities and groups most directly affected by health policy).”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Cornell University, “This article explores the role such groups play in the politics of Medicaid. This research is based on qualitative interviews with organizers and advocates working in the domain of health policy. The power of grassroots actors in Medicaid politics is constrained by political and structural forces, including philanthropic funding practices, racism, and partisan polarization. Nevertheless, when bottom-up actors effectively exercise power, their involvement in Medicaid politics can transform policy processes and outcomes. Grassroots actors-those who are part of, represent, organize, or mobilize the people most affected by Medicaid policy-can play pivotal roles within Medicaid politics.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Although they do not yet have sufficient political wherewithal to consistently advance transformational policy change, ongoing political processes suggest that they hold promise for being an increasingly important political force.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Building Power for Health: the Grassroots Politics of Sustaining and Strengthening Medicaid. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2025;50(2):189-221. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law can be contacted at: Duke Univ Press, 905 W Main St, Ste 18-B, Durham, NC 27701, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Jamila Michener, Cornell University, Govt & Publ Policy, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-11567668. 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.

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