Tradeoffs: Has Medicaid Managed Care Delivered On Its Promise?

Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care. Guests: Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota Kathleen Adams, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University Allan Baumgarten, JD, Independent Health Policy Analyst Read more of the research on Medicaid managed care and find a full transcript on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/11/04/medicaid-managed-care/ Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. If you give before Dec. 31, 2021, your donation will be doubled thanks to a match from the Institute for Nonprofit News: https://tradeoffs.org/donate Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. -| The Health Equity Podcast Channel is made possible with support from Bayer G4A. Learn how Bayer G4A is advancing equity, access and sustainability at G4a.health -| This episode originally aired on November 4, 2021 on Tradeoffs. Listen, follow and subscribe here.