Healthcare
Healthcare costs continue to rise across the system but without marked improvements in healthcare quality. This imbalance disproportionately affects the most vulnerable Americans, who depend on Medicaid for healthcare. Mercatus research focuses on how to make Medicaid more fiscally sustainable and able to deliver better care to those who need it. Mercatus is also developing ways to quantify the impact of regulations on quality, access, and cost in US healthcare.
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Did Medicaid Expansion Improve Health? Nine Years of Follow-Up Data Show Limited Impact
Program expansion failed to achieve one of its central goals—improving the health of low-income adults
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The Failure of Mississippi’s Certificate-of-Need Laws
Mississippi House of Representatives, Select Committee on Healthcare Reform Hearing on Certificate of Need (CON)
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The Hidden Subsidy of the Affordable Care Act
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A Handy Guide to a Very Messy Health System | Open Health Policy
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Inaugural Open Health Podcast: The Sexy and Not-so-sexy Future of AI in Healthcare | Open Health Policy
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The Misguided Laws Contributing to America’s Rural Health Crisis | The Hill
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Best of Open Health: Are Certificate-of-need Laws Helping or Hurting Rural Healthcare? | Open Health Policy
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Recessions Affect Mortality — Just Not in the Way You Think | Open Health Policy
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Medicaid’s Flawed Response to Economic Downturns | Open Health Policy
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From Proposal to Policy: Does Policy Reflect the Quality or the Quantity of Evidence? | Open Health Policy
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Those Covered Under Medicaid Expansion Are Costing Much More Than Expected | Open Health Policy
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Best of Open Health: The Deadly Effects of Nursing Home Lockdowns | Open Health Policy
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A Flight Plan for Healthcare: Diagnosing Why We Need More Efficient Regulation | Open Health Policy
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Did the ACA Undermine the Beneficial Effects of Medicaid for Children? | Open Health Policy
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Red Ink: Congress Can’t Control Spending Without Reforming How We Pay For Health Care | Open Health Policy
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Medicaid Expansion and the Opioid Overdose Crisis | Open Health Policy
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Latest work in Healthcare
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Did Medicaid Expansion Improve Health? Nine Years of Follow-Up Data Show Limited Impact
Program expansion failed to achieve one of its central goals—improving the health of low-income adults
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
The Failure of Mississippi’s Certificate-of-Need Laws
Mississippi House of Representatives, Select Committee on Healthcare Reform Hearing on Certificate of Need (CON)
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Hidden Subsidy of the Affordable Care Act
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Handy Guide to a Very Messy Health System | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What Happens to the Uninsured Rate When Millions Lose Medicaid Coverage? | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Inaugural Open Health Podcast: The Sexy and Not-so-sexy Future of AI in Healthcare | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Misguided Laws Contributing to America’s Rural Health Crisis | The Hill
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Best of Open Health: Are Certificate-of-need Laws Helping or Hurting Rural Healthcare? | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Recessions Affect Mortality — Just Not in the Way You Think | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Medicaid’s Flawed Response to Economic Downturns | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
From Proposal to Policy: Does Policy Reflect the Quality or the Quantity of Evidence? | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Those Covered Under Medicaid Expansion Are Costing Much More Than Expected | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Best of Open Health: The Deadly Effects of Nursing Home Lockdowns | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Flight Plan for Healthcare: Diagnosing Why We Need More Efficient Regulation | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Did the ACA Undermine the Beneficial Effects of Medicaid for Children? | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Red Ink: Congress Can’t Control Spending Without Reforming How We Pay For Health Care | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Medicaid Expansion and the Opioid Overdose Crisis | Open Health Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary