The uninsured and Medicaid
August 2013 -- HSPH Professor Katherine Baicker discusses the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, a unique study that evaluates the impact of covering the uninsured with Medicaid. (Conversations on Public Health podcast series, 5:25) Please click the play icon…
Can lack of health insurance increase risk of depression?
A recent study showing that people covered by Medicaid may be less depressed than those who aren’t has prompted new debate about the value of such insurance, according to an article in the June 23, 2013 “Ideas” section…
Two takes on the Oregon Medicaid study
In a study dubbed the “Oregon Health Insurance Experiment,” researchers compared clinical outcomes among two groups of adults in Oregon—half who were on Medicaid and half who weren’t. The newest findings from the study, published online May 2,…
Expanding Medicaid lowers rates of depression, reduces financial strain, but no improvement shown in physical health
For immediate release: May 1, 2013 Boston, MA — New findings from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment show that Medicaid coverage had no detectable effect on the prevalence of diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, but substantially…
Study of Oregon health insurance experiment wins award
A study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers that used for the first time a randomized, controlled study design to answer questions about how access to public insurance affects health, health care use, and other outcomes, has…
Public health and the U.S. economy
[ Fall 2012 ] How the next U.S. president can stack the deck in favor of people’s health and wealth in 2013 With the November 2012 elections on the horizon, Americans surveyed in national polls consistently rank the…
Medicaid expansion debated as presidential campaign heats up
Is Medicaid, the health care program for low-income Americans, a costly program that doesn’t work well? Or is it an essential program vital to the health of millions? The debate over Medicaid has heightened in the wake of…
Impact of Medicaid on health of the poor
An HSPH study showing potential health benefits of states expanding Medicaid to more low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, and possible serious negative consequences of not doing so, was cited in a New York Times editorial July…
New IOM report: demanding value from our health care system
Within the past decade, health care costs have risen by 88% and are expected to account for 18% of GDP in 2012. Many patients can no longer afford their health care and 40% of patients with a serious…
Expanding Medicaid to low-income adults leads to improved health, fewer deaths
As States Consider Expansion Following Supreme Court Ruling on Health Reform, Study Shows Significant Benefits of Covering More People For immediate release: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Boston, MA - A new study from Harvard School of Public Health…
