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Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Preventable Hospitalizations And ED Visits Five Years After ACA Medicaid Expansions

Asako S. Moriya, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. Sujoy Chakravarty ([email protected]), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Medicaid expansions under the ...
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Extending Enhanced Premium Tax Credits: Where Things Stand

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Understanding Medicare Hospital Readmission Rates And Differing Penalties Between Safety-Net And Other Hospitals

Steven H. Sheingold ( [email protected]) is director of the Division of Health Financing Policy in the Department of Health and Human Services, in Washington, D.C. Rachael Zuckerman is an economist in ...
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Medicare And Medicaid In Long-Term Care

Terence Ng is a senior research analyst in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco. Charlene Harrington ( [email protected]) is professor emeritus of ...
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The Health Plan Environment In California Contributed To Differential Use Of Telehealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to substantial increases in the use of telehealth and virtual care in the US. Differential patient and provider access to technology and resources has raised concerns ...