Health Insurance News New Report Shows Medicaid Expansion Narrowed Racial Disparities In Health Insurance

Medicaid expansion linked to reduced racial disparities in timely cancer treatment, study shows

Black patients are more likely to receive timely treatment of advanced and metastatic cancers under Medicaid expansion, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care July 19. Read More

Study on Medicaid Work Requirements Finds No Gains in Insurance, Employment

Georgia's Medicaid expansion program with work requirements did not increase insurance coverage over the first 15 months. The program also failed to increase employment in the state. The findings are ... Read More

Medicaid expansion linked to improved long-term survival in cancer patients

In 2014, a provision under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect that allowed states to opt into expanding Medicaid eligibility to adults with incomes up to 138% of the ... Read More

Research from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Yields New Findings on Managed Care (Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Contraceptive Use Among Women in Neighborhoods of ...

2025 OCT 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Researchers detail new data in Managed Care. According to news reporting from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by ... Read More

Study shows protective effect of Medicaid expansion on early-stage cancer diagnosis

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted health care, including cancer screening and diagnosis, especially for medically underserved populations, leading to substantial underdiagnosis of early-stage cancers in ... Read More

‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever. As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like ... Read More

Study on Medicaid Work Requirements Finds No Gains in Insurance, Employment

Work requirements enacted as part of a Medicaid expansion program in Georgia did not increase insurance coverage or employment relative to neighboring states that did not expand Medicaid, a ... Read More