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Oct 27, 2025
Duration 23:44
Press
Sep 29, 2025
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Research
Oct 2, 2025
Medicaid unwinding led to more buprenorphine treatment episodes ending (+3%) and fewer starting (-2.6%) among Medicaid patients, with greatest impact in high-disenrollment states; losses were not offset by other payers, risking treatment disruption.
Oct 1, 2025
RAND researchers examined how health insurance benefits and affordability affect the use of health care services, including research on health reform, Medicaid, and Medicare.
The end of pandemic-era enrollment enhancements for Medicaid was associated with a rise in the number of people ending medication treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as a decrease in the number of people beginning such treatment.
Sep 19, 2025
Medi-Cal enrollees receive care from Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and non-FQHC providers, but little is known about how they use these different providers. The authors studied Medi-Cal data to assess how enrollees receive primary care.
Expert Insights
Sep 18, 2025
The use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) plays an important role in delivering high-quality substance use services that improve youth outcomes. During a 2025 roundtable, policy actors discussed how to implement EBPs through state service systems.
Sep 5, 2025
In this dissertation, the author examines how policy changes in three government health programs affect access to care across different settings.
Aug 28, 2025
A new federal bill would cut Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care, threatening access for gender minorities and worsening mental health disparities, despite major medical groups deeming such care medically necessary.
Aug 8, 2025
Medicaid expansion has insured 21.3 million more people and halved the uninsured rate, but Latine communities remain underserved, showing the need for better outreach and the risks of rolling back coverage.
Jul 10, 2025
Latine communities in North Carolina face high uninsured rates due to systemic barriers; improved data and community-informed, culturally tailored interventions are needed to increase enrollment in health insurance programs.
Jul 3, 2025
This report describes inpatient utilization at select U.S. children's hospitals by Medicaid-insured patients.
Feb 5, 2025
Investigated whether health care experiences of adult Medicaid beneficiaries differ by race/ethnicity and rural/urban status using the 2014-2015 Nationwide Adult Medicaid Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey.
Jan 23, 2025
This study examined how the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion influenced buprenorphine initiation rates by county income and evaluate how associations differ by county rural-urban status.
