PUBH 3135W Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hospital-Acquired Infection, Data Reporting, Ath
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Medicaid: federal/state health insurance program for poor. Chip: federal/ state health insurance for children who do not qualify for medicaid. Medicaid enrollees are sicker and more disabled than privately insured. Individual /family must earn no more than relevant income limits: 133% fpl individual/family must not have non veg assets that exceed eligibility limits. 36 states plus dc expanded medicaid under aca. Poor adults into a coverage gap, earning too much to qualify for medicaid but too little for subsidies. Cover adults up to 138% of fpl in all states. Spending mostly for elderly and people with disabilities. Top 5% of enrollees accounted for more than half of medicaid spending. 100% federal financing for newly eligible medicaid for 2014-2016. Allow states to modify key elements of aca to reach aca"s goals. New strategies to provide good access to affordable, quality health insurance. Opportunities for states to be innovative in payment and delivery. Prohibits payments for certain hospital acquired infection.
