Has Medicaid Managed Care Delivered On Its Promise?

Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care.


Guests:

Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota

Kathleen Adams, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Allan Baumgarten, JD, Independent Health Policy Analyst


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