Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
* Equivalent health outcomes for average HMO and
FFS patient do not hold for Medicare or poverty
groups
* Previous studies that followed Medicare patients
for only one year may have been too brief
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
* Favorable overall HMO experience to date may
not generalize to chronically ill elderly and poor
* <strong>Medicaid</strong> coverage did not explain worse
outcomes for poor in HMOs
* Health outcomes should be reported on a planby-plan
basis
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