Tim McBride is the latest guest on Politically Speaking. The Washington University professor talked with 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Julie O鈥橠onoghue and Jaclyn Driscoll about the prospect of Medicaid expansion.
McBride headed the board that oversaw Missouri鈥檚 Medicaid program until At Wash U, he focuses on health care policy.
Here鈥檚 what McBride talked about during the show:
- He recently of the potential costs and savings of expanding Medicaid. A number of key interest groups, including the state鈥檚 hospital association, are backing a 2020 ballot initiative calling for expanding the health care program for the poor, disabled and elderly. The study was commissioned by the
- Among other things, McBride鈥檚 study found that Medicaid expansion could ultimately save the state money, since Missouri would pay less for some people who are currently enrolled in the program.
- He responded to arguments from some Medicaid expansion opponents that such a move would be too costly for the state.
- McBride discussed the enrollment decline in the state鈥檚 Medicaid program, . Many of the people who have lost coverage are children.
If is approved by voters, Missouri would expand the health insurance program for those who earn up to $18,000 a year. A group promoting the initiative has received roughly $2.2 million in donations over $5,000 in 2019鈥攊ncluding $250,000 from BJC Healthcare and tens of thousands of dollars more from politically active nonprofits that don鈥檛 disclose their donors.
The Missouri House subcommittee on health care reform is holding a hearing today on the state Medicaid鈥檚 program.
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