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To become eligible for Medicaid, an individual might have to visit a welfare office in the middle of the day several times, for a face-to-face interview, and struggle with confusing paperwork in order to prove his or her income. That scenario, however, may soon become a thing of the past.
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While research shows that Medicaid does a good job of facilitating access to care, compared to those without coverage, there are some concerns about access under the program. "This is especially true for specialty care," says Rachel L. Garfield, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.
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While many states are just beginning the process of evaluating ways to streamline the Medicaid eligibility process, Massachusetts did so a decade ago. That was when the state first looked into the possibility of developing an electronic application for Medicaid.
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The Medicaid expansion and the availability of premium credits for people with incomes up to 400% of the poverty line mean that millions of uninsured people will be able to get help paying for health coverage.
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Unfortunate outcomes are a fact of medicine, as too are lawsuits for alleged malpractice.
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Inclusion of fasciculation potentials as evidence for denervation, will dramatically increase the diagnostic sensitivity of EMG in patients with motor neuron disease.
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When compared with controls, patients with Bell's palsy were found to have a higher incidence of impaired glucose tolerance.