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|Articles|July 26, 2012
Flaws And All, Medicaid Can Improve Adults' Health
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Among the reasons some governors say they're considering not expanding their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act is that Medicaid is, well, not a very good program.
"Medicaid is a system of inflexible mandates, one-size-fits-all requirements, and wasteful bureaucratic inefficiencies," Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry wrote in a
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The study authors note there is an urgent need for "innovative value-based and alternative payment models of care."
A legal fight over a single amino acid could set retatrutide's exclusivity window, its Medicare negotiation clock, and its competitive future.
Panelists engaged in a debate regarding using complement inhibitors in geographic atrophy, gauging public sentiment with a deciding vote.
A session at AAO 2026 highlighted how big data and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) could be utilized to help patients receive peak care.
The opening session of AAO 2026 featured a keynote speech discussing how artificial intelligence (AI) will play a part in health care.
Incidence of diabetic macular edema and the need for glaucoma surgery were reduced after treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.
Medicaid expansion was associated with lower colorectal cancer mortality, with the largest reductions in Hispanic patients and stage IV disease.
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