With the end of the covid emergency millions of Americans enrolled in Medicaid found they were no longer eligible. Medicaid eligibility fluctuates over time for many families. Medicaid is a patchwork of 50 state programs with eligibility that varies by age and income. Pandemic-era protections against disenrollment began expiring in the Spring of 2023 with Medicaid coverage coming to an end for many Americans. An important question public health advocates have is what happened to people dropped from the federal-state health program?
Category: Public Insurance
Depressing News About Organ Transplants
The bad news in this post comes to us via Alex Tabarrok at the Marginal Revolution blog.
Study: Medical Debt Forgiveness Makes Little Difference in Quality of Life
A decade ago a friend had some medical tests done at a hospital outpatient clinic. It was something simple, an X-ray and a blood or urine test. The hospital business office assured her that the care would be covered by her health plan. Months later a debt collector called demanding more than $700 for an outstanding medical bill. My friend had no recollection of having ever received a bill. The debt collector said he worked for the hospital, but when asked for a copy of the bill he could not provide one.