Benefits and challenges of medicaid managed care

October 22, 2012

On paper, Medicaid is the best health plan anywhere. It covers almost every imaginable service, with zero payment due from the patient. In practice, the reality of Medicaid is quite different. Patients have insufficient access to health care providers and lack of coordination and continuity of care, mainly because of low payment rates; despite this, states and the federal government face rapid growth in total program costs. (Forbes)