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An Analysis Of Tennessee’S New Medicaid Waiver: Tenncare Iii, Mary Moore
An Analysis Of Tennessee’S New Medicaid Waiver: Tenncare Iii, Mary Moore
MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects
Medicaid is a federal-state partnership to provide health coverage benefits to certain vulnerable groups. Each state is responsible for administering its own Medicaid program in accordance with certain federal rules which include mandatory benefits for covered groups, namely, low-income children and their parents and aged, blind, and disabled individuals. There are additional groups which may be covered by Medicaid at the discretion of the state. As a partnership, the federal government covers a certain percentage of Medicaid expenditures in each state. This agreed upon rate is the federal medical assistance percentage or FMAP. Tennessee’s FMAP is set at 66.1% for …
Medicaid Expansion: The Choice Afforded To States By The Affordable Care Act, Robert M. Hatfield
Medicaid Expansion: The Choice Afforded To States By The Affordable Care Act, Robert M. Hatfield
MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects
The issue I studied is the decision states have been afforded to expand Medicaid with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I was curious to determine the health and economic impact on states that have and have not chosen to expand Medicaid. Specifically, I targeted Kentucky (expansion state) and Tennessee (non-expansion state). Tennessee and Kentucky are similar populations, have similar political inclinations, and are both very rural states. At its core, Medicaid expansion is an opportunity to improve health for lower-income and disabled Americans. However, there are economic implications associated with Medicaid expansion as well. The goal of this research is …