Opinion: Even with 'Medicare for all,' we'll still need Medicaid (via latimesopinion)
and others like it are once again expected to receive intensive focus. Unfortunately, the consequences for Medicaid, the nation’s single largest public insurer, have gone virtually undiscussed.
Time and again, these characterizations have been proved wrong. Countless studies since Medicaid’s inception have shown its positive effect on improving healthcare access and outcomes and in narrowing the health equity gap between rich and poor Americans. Government studies have also shown that, measured on a head-to-head basis, Medicaid costs substantially less than private coverage.
By contrast, eligible patients can enroll in Medicaid when they need care. And by allowing coverage to take effect retroactively, up to three months prior to the date of enrollment, Medicaid shields eligible individuals and healthcare providers from catastrophic costs that would otherwise go uncovered.These public health imperatives will still exist regardless of which broad reforms take hold — Medicare for all included. Insurance pays for care in smoothly operating healthcare systems.
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