Medicaid funds shouldn’t be used to subsidize state taxes on health care0

• HEALTH CARE, Op-Eds, The Hill
• December 5, 2017

Medicaid patients are the losers. Studies suggest that higher Medicaid reimbursements are associated with better care, and that Medicaid patients are more likely to be treated by lower quality hospitals and less highly trained physicians. Recent studies also suggest that the health reforms favored by state and federal governments have done little to improve quality or reduce costs.