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Oct 27, 2025
Duration 23:44
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Sep 29, 2025
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Apr 20, 2026
A Medicaid data analysis found that children with autism or intellectual disabilities receiving dental surgery at ambulatory surgery centers had shorter wait times, lower costs, and no increase in adverse outcomes compared to hospital settings.
Article
Mar 16, 2026
President Trump promised to provide Americans without retirement savings accounts a government-sponsored plan that would match up to $1,000 a year in individual contributions. This would help workers and also reduce the federal deficit in the long run.
The FIEL-N Project evaluated the experiences of Latino individuals with Medicaid enrollment following expansion in North Carolina to identify successes and areas for improvement.
Research Summary
Mar 12, 2026
President Donald Trump introduced the Trump retirement accounts (TRA) in his 2026 State of the Union address. This brief presents a one-, ten-, and 40-year cost analysis of the TRA and offers insights into its policy implications.
Feb 26, 2026
State Medicaid funds are projected to experience reductions of $664 billion between 2025 and 2034 due to provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. RAND's analysis provides state-specific estimates of budget impact and enrollment changes.
Feb 25, 2026
CMS HCRIS data from 2014 to 2023 were analyzed. Two Outcomes were examined: percentage of inpatient psychiatric discharges paid by Medicaid (both fee-for-service and managed care plans) and percentage of inpatient psychiatric days paid by Medicaid.
Nov 21, 2025
In this cohort study, health system affiliation by primary care physician organizations was associated with both positive and negative associations with disparities for dual-eligible beneficiaries.
Oct 30, 2025
In this cross-sectional study of pediatric surgical procedures for dental caries paid by Medicaid, procedures performed in ASCs were less costly and had lower rates of adverse events compared with those performed in HOPDs.
Oct 13, 2025
Extending prior research, we analyzed more recent effects of Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions on specialty substance use disorder treatment, using 2010-22 all-payer data on treatment episodes.
Oct 2, 2025
Medicaid unwinding led to more buprenorphine treatment episodes ending (+3%) and fewer starting (-2.6%) among Medicaid patients, with greatest impact in high-disenrollment states; losses were not offset by other payers, risking treatment disruption.
Oct 1, 2025
RAND researchers examined how health insurance benefits and affordability affect the use of health care services, including research on health reform, Medicaid, and Medicare.
The end of pandemic-era enrollment enhancements for Medicaid was associated with a rise in the number of people ending medication treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as a decrease in the number of people beginning such treatment.
