It really is remarkable how the 2009 era conventional wisdom of private marketplace coverage being superior to medicaid in terms of getting coverage to new folks has proven to be wrong at every turn. I wonder how this will impact the next round of national insurance reform legislation
Massachusetts, New York and Minnesota are all contriving to extend Medicaid-like coverage to higher incomes, and you could read public option ventures in Washington, Nevada and Colorado as trending that way too, as well as the "turquoise" plans in New Mexico.
It really is remarkable how the 2009 era conventional wisdom of private marketplace coverage being superior to medicaid in terms of getting coverage to new folks has proven to be wrong at every turn. I wonder how this will impact the next round of national insurance reform legislation
Massachusetts, New York and Minnesota are all contriving to extend Medicaid-like coverage to higher incomes, and you could read public option ventures in Washington, Nevada and Colorado as trending that way too, as well as the "turquoise" plans in New Mexico.