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Expanding Medicaid a Less Costly Way to Cover Low-income Uninsured than Expanding Private Insurance
Publication Date: June 2008
Publisher(s): Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Special Collection: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Topic: Health (Health care financing)
Keywords: Elderly; Senior citizen
Type: Brief
Abstract:
Average medical expenditures per person are lower under public programs like Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) than under private insurance, according to new research published by Health Affairs.