Medicaid's high marks on preventive care contrary to its stingy image - amednews.com

Medicaid's high marks on preventive care contrary to its stingy image - amednews.com

Medicaid, with its reputation for low payment rates and fiscal instability, is far from perfect, said Stacey Mazer, senior staff associate for the National Assn. of State Budget Officers. Budget officers in particular continue to have concerns about the fact that health care spending is outpacing other services.

Kaiser’s findings highlight all of the positive benefits that Medicaid can provide, Mazer said. “The states did very well in terms of the number of preventive services that they covered, and even the states that didn’t cover as many still covered the majority of them.”

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