Increased Access To Care Case Study
The law of Medicaid demanded from the states that they should expand the wide network of health facilities across to their areas so that people can be benefitted from them. According to a fact the coverage of this program should cover the people who make percentage as high as 138% of poverty level according to federal laws. This fact should also be mentioned that recently the provision has been modified under the instructions of Supreme Court which ruled on the case of Obama care. There are sources which are declaring that Medicaid expansion as ‘milestones in health care history.’
Medicaid expansion is aimed at opening access to good health care facilities all over America and especially to the poor people who find it hard to access good medical treatment. However, at this moment, there are certain states which are expanding others considering expansion of Medicaid in America. The states such as Mississippi, Wisconsin, and or Virginia have not elected to expand Medicaid under affordable care act. There are vital implications decisions taken by states and will be …show more content…
primarily associated with family status, income, disability, the size of household and so.
The potential opportunities and challenges of a state’s decision to opt into the Medicaid expansion
There are a number of potential opportunities as well as challenges associated with state`s decision to opt Medicaid expansion. The foremost opportunities will that the states will be able to have financial support from the federal institutes, a wide access to health care facilities to most of the public. On the other hand, the states which are not involved in this are due to many reasons are at risk of putting people to deprived level of medical facilities. However, there are certain challenges to the legislature structure and certain other complex matters due this act. It must also be noted that the implications of decision in favoring even denying will be deep and will surface in future leaving their impact upon whole of the country.
Alternate approaches to expanding access to care that have been implemented or considered by states opting out of Medicaid expansion and comparison and contrast the two alternate approaches to the Medicaid expansion initiative.
Expanding access to care is one of main state responsibility and in order to ensure that there should be implemented approaches.
There can be a number of approaches but the approach as to spreading network of health care facilities and approach to make eligibility criteria as easy process, would be practical and effective approaches to expanding access to care. These two approaches are associated with the basic challenges which are involved in accessing health care because the lack of such facilities limits the access. However, once it is done, the next step is to be able be suitable for set criteria. So, it must be understood that the criteria must be eased which could cover most of the people who need medical assistance. The comparison and contrast of these two approaches will allow us to see the strong points of these approaches and their practical impacts on improving access to
care.
A recommendation to the state legislature on whether or not the state should opt in to the Medicaid expansion
Medicaid is an important asset to improving health of people. There are still many states which yet have to approve this act. The reasons for delay are associated with legislature structure. So, it can be recommended to those states that they need to serious attention to Medicaid program so that people can receive benefits from such health promoting programs.
Peer-review sources
There is a great amount of material on Medicaid care. The Cost and Coverage Implications of the ACA Medicaid Expansion: National and State-by-State Analysis by John Holahan points out the main objective and implications of the project (Anderson, 2016). There is another research work by M.E Anderson which takes statistical perspective to the program and explores its many results and recommendation for future (Holahan, 2012).
D. Benjamin sees Medicaid in its historical viewpoint and highlights the areas such as; its utilization, implications and overall outcomes (Sommers, 2016).
Medicaid expansion is aimed at opening access to good health care facilities all over America and especially to the poor people who find it hard to access good medical treatment. However, at this moment, there are certain states which are expanding others considering expansion of Medicaid in America. The states such as Mississippi, Wisconsin, and or Virginia have not elected to expand Medicaid under affordable care act. There are vital implications decisions taken by states and will be …show more content…
primarily associated with family status, income, disability, the size of household and so.
The potential opportunities and challenges of a state’s decision to opt into the Medicaid expansion
There are a number of potential opportunities as well as challenges associated with state`s decision to opt Medicaid expansion. The foremost opportunities will that the states will be able to have financial support from the federal institutes, a wide access to health care facilities to most of the public. On the other hand, the states which are not involved in this are due to many reasons are at risk of putting people to deprived level of medical facilities. However, there are certain challenges to the legislature structure and certain other complex matters due this act. It must also be noted that the implications of decision in favoring even denying will be deep and will surface in future leaving their impact upon whole of the country.
Alternate approaches to expanding access to care that have been implemented or considered by states opting out of Medicaid expansion and comparison and contrast the two alternate approaches to the Medicaid expansion initiative.
Expanding access to care is one of main state responsibility and in order to ensure that there should be implemented approaches.
There can be a number of approaches but the approach as to spreading network of health care facilities and approach to make eligibility criteria as easy process, would be practical and effective approaches to expanding access to care. These two approaches are associated with the basic challenges which are involved in accessing health care because the lack of such facilities limits the access. However, once it is done, the next step is to be able be suitable for set criteria. So, it must be understood that the criteria must be eased which could cover most of the people who need medical assistance. The comparison and contrast of these two approaches will allow us to see the strong points of these approaches and their practical impacts on improving access to
care.
A recommendation to the state legislature on whether or not the state should opt in to the Medicaid expansion
Medicaid is an important asset to improving health of people. There are still many states which yet have to approve this act. The reasons for delay are associated with legislature structure. So, it can be recommended to those states that they need to serious attention to Medicaid program so that people can receive benefits from such health promoting programs.
Peer-review sources
There is a great amount of material on Medicaid care. The Cost and Coverage Implications of the ACA Medicaid Expansion: National and State-by-State Analysis by John Holahan points out the main objective and implications of the project (Anderson, 2016). There is another research work by M.E Anderson which takes statistical perspective to the program and explores its many results and recommendation for future (Holahan, 2012).
D. Benjamin sees Medicaid in its historical viewpoint and highlights the areas such as; its utilization, implications and overall outcomes (Sommers, 2016).