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The economic impact of Medicaid expansion on Pennsylvania /

The Affordable Care Act is a substantial reform of the U.S. health care insurance system. Using the RAND COMPARE model, researchers assessed the act's potential economic effects on Pennsylvania, factoring in an optional expansion of Medicaid, and found the state would enjoy significant net bene...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Price, Carter C. (Author), Donohue, Julie M. (Author), Saltzman, Evan (Author), Woods, Dulani (Author), Eibner, Christine (Author)
Corporate Authors: RAND Health, Rand Corporation
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Methods
  • Model scope and assumptions
  • Economic impact
  • State transfers
  • Results
  • Level and sources of insurance coverage
  • Changes in federal spending
  • Economic effects of federal spending
  • State budgetary effects
  • Effects on providers
  • Regional effects.