Medicaid Patients Have Worse Outcomes than the Privately Insured
Medicaid is a federal and state program that pays for health care for low-income Americans. The academic literature has consistently illustrated that Medicaid patients have poorer access to care, and poorer health outcomes, than privately insured patients.
Medicaid typically pays physicians 56 percent of the amount that private insurers pay. As more and more doctors refuse to accept Medicaid, it is increasingly difficult for Medicaid patients to find medical care. When admitted to hospitals, Medicaid patients often have more serious conditions than privately insured patients. By further expanding this broken program, Obamacare only exacerbates the situation by adding millions of low-income Americans to a failing program.As the academic research has consistently suggested, Medicaid’s so-called safety net cripples the very people it is designed to help. To fix the broken safety net, Congress should consider the following. - Repeal Obamacare and its Medicaid expansion.
- Maximize access to private health insurance for Medicaid beneficiaries.
Medicaid is a prime example of government’s inability to outperform—or even keep up with—the private sector. Policymakers should reform Medicaid to allow Medicaid patients access to private insurance in a consumer-driven market. See more solutions to this massive problem. >>
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