Medicaid

Every article we have published on Medicaid, newest first.

What the peer-reviewed evidence on Medicaid work requirements actually measured

Community-engagement requirements are now federal law. The one US state that fully implemented them, Arkansas, produced a two-year study: 18,000 lost coverage, and employment did not rise.

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ANALYSIS

One in five working Medicaid enrollees could fail work reporting by working the wrong week

A study of Current Population Survey data finds 19.8% of likely expansion enrollees sit near the 20-hour threshold or report variable hours. Women are at higher risk than men.

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Medicaid expansion changed who paid for 12 million births, not severe maternal morbidity

Across 26 states, expansion raised the Medicaid-paid share of deliveries by 5.2% and changed the severe maternal morbidity rate by 0.02% — an interval that includes zero in both directions.

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A judge let Medicaid work requirements proceed, with the deeper fight unresolved

Twenty-five states wanted the rule paused while they sued. The judge said the 90% federal reimbursement for setup costs undercut their case for emergency relief — not that their underlying legal argument was wrong.

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ANALYSIS

Medicaid paid for meals as treatment. Hospitalisations fell 31% and costs nearly balanced

The first large-scale policy evaluation of medically tailored meals covers 1,866 recipients across 11 health systems. It is quasi-experimental, not randomised — and that is the finding's main limit.

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