This is 90 minutes. Hello, everybody. Welcome to todays briefing on understanding whats next for medicaid. Im sarah, the president of the alliance for Health Policy. Its a pleasure to be with you today. For those of you that are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. To say hello as well to those of us watching on cspan this afternoon, and to those that are joining us on twitter using the hash tag whats next for medicaid. Collaborating with these Melinda Abrams at the Commonwealth Fund, and we think the fund for their partnership and organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it has grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country both in terms of the number of people it serves as well as their health and life circumstances and the cost of the program. Its run by the 50 states and territories within federal gu
For those of you that are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. To say hello as well to those of us watching on cspan this afternoon, and to those that are joining us on twitter using the hash tag whats next for medicaid. Collaborating with these Melinda Abrams at the Commonwealth Fund, and we think the fund for their partnership and organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it has grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country both in terms of the number of people it serves as well as their health and life circumstances and the cost of the program. Its run by the 50 states and territories within federal guidelines and is financed by the state and federal governme government. While medicaid policy has national implications, it of course also has major implications for states and their citizens as well. And
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Sharyl scott haller played the role of patient in our project. Hes a Research Assistant at the bostonbased Pioneer Institute research group. The institute helped conduct a survey for full measure of 54 hospitals in six states texas, new york, california, iowa, North Carolina and florida. Scott h. i would call the operator and ask for a cost estimate for an mri of my left knee without contrast, and basically see where they sent me because it could be one of many different places. Sharyl shopping around is more crucial than ever with so many consumers paying thousands in cash out of pocket under obamacare, according to the Pioneer Institutes barbara anthony. Barbara the reasosothis is important is because we are now living in an age of highdeductible health plans. It used to be that your Insurance Coverage would take care of your healthcare expenses from the first dollar of your expenses. Well, thats no longer the case. Sharyl getting a cost estate that takes images of the inner body sho