I thought this looked familiar:
"In 2008, Oregon expanded its Medicaid program, but because the state could not cover everybody, lawmakers opened up a lottery that randomly drew 30,000 names from a waiting list of almost 90,000 and allowed them to apply for the program. This created a unique opportunity for health researchers, ultimately allowing them to compare the health outcomes of 6,387 low-income adults who were able to enroll in the program with 5,842 who were not selected."
We actually covered this at the time:
"Oregon decided to enroll an additional 10,000 people in its Medicaid program via lottery ... Granted, one year is hardly long-term, but shouldn't there have been some indication of improved morbidity (if not mortality) even in the short-run?"
As it turns out, both Michael and we were correct:
"[R]esearchers found that those who enrolled in Medicaid spent a lot more on medical care than those who weren�t able to enroll, but didn�t significantly improve their health outcomes."
Ooops.
The problem, of course, is that taxpayers spent all this money and there's very little to show for it.
La plus ca change...
Oh - and lest we forget, Barbara Wagner is still unavailable for comment.
"In 2008, Oregon expanded its Medicaid program, but because the state could not cover everybody, lawmakers opened up a lottery that randomly drew 30,000 names from a waiting list of almost 90,000 and allowed them to apply for the program. This created a unique opportunity for health researchers, ultimately allowing them to compare the health outcomes of 6,387 low-income adults who were able to enroll in the program with 5,842 who were not selected."
We actually covered this at the time:
"Oregon decided to enroll an additional 10,000 people in its Medicaid program via lottery ... Granted, one year is hardly long-term, but shouldn't there have been some indication of improved morbidity (if not mortality) even in the short-run?"
As it turns out, both Michael and we were correct:
"[R]esearchers found that those who enrolled in Medicaid spent a lot more on medical care than those who weren�t able to enroll, but didn�t significantly improve their health outcomes."
Ooops.
The problem, of course, is that taxpayers spent all this money and there's very little to show for it.
La plus ca change...
Oh - and lest we forget, Barbara Wagner is still unavailable for comment.
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