Medicaid on the Eve of expansion: A survey of state medicaid officials on the affordable care act

American Journal of Law and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 253-279

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   Gordon, Sarah ^a   Somers, Stephen ^b   Ingram, Carolyn ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Health Care Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907924988     PISSN: 00988588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009885881404000206     Document Type: Review

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