A roundup of information from physicians, scientists and journalists. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/more-essential-coronavirus-links-march-17-23…
Tag: Medicaid
Medicaid-expanding states had fewer cardiovascular deaths than other states
Counties in states with expanded Medicaid eligibility had 4.3 fewer cardiovascular deaths per 100,000 residents, on average, than if they hadn’t expanded. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/medicaid-expansion-states-cardiovascular-deaths4…
3 key moments from the House’s first-ever Medicare-for-all hearing
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/30/18523886/medicare-for-all-house-hearing-ady-barkan-testimony…
Medicaid expansion may help shrink health gaps between black and white babies
States that expanded Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act shrunk racial disparities between black and white infants, a new study shows. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/medicaid-expansion-health-gaps-black-white-babies4…
The Health Reforms the G.O.P. Should Embrace (but Probably Won’t)
Republicans keep searching for a politically safe silver bullet that slays Obamacare and yet leaves everyone happy. That plan doesn’t exist. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/republicans-health-reforms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss