Is Health Care Spending Higher under Medicaid or Private Insurance?

• Prif Awduron: Jack Hadley (Awdur), John Holahan (Awdur)
• Fformat: Llyfr
• Cyhoeddwyd: SAGE Publishing, 2003-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Pynciau: article
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This paper addresses the question of whether Medicaid is in fact a high-cost program after adjusting for the health of the people it covers. We compare and simulate annual per capita medical spending for lower-income people (families with incomes under 200% of poverty) covered for a full year by eit...