Possible Effects on VA Outpatient Care of Expanding Medicaid: Implications of Having Access to Overlapping Publicly Funded Health Care Services

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows usage shifts when Medicaid expansion allows veterans to gain access to non-VA care. It highlights increased potential for care-coordination challenges among VA patients as states implement ACA Medicaid expansion and policymakers consider additional public health insurance options, as well as programs like CHOICE and the MISSION Act that increase veteran choices of traditional VA and community care providers.PMID:33857298 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usab094
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research