healthcare expansion
Broadening medical access
Healthcare expansion refers to efforts to extend medical coverage or services to more people, typically through government policy.
In the United States, the term often specifically describes states expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act: The governor finally agreed to healthcare expansion after years of resistance.
More broadly, it can mean any increase in the scope or reach of health services.
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
- single payerOne entity funds healthcare
- accessRight to enter
open enrollment · reform · universal · hospitals · clinics · patients · outreach · subsidies · out-of-pocket costs · enrollment · pre-existing conditions · premiums · underserved · rural · affordable · doctors · nurses · policy
healthcare expansionhealthcare cuts
Decreased medical funding
benefit cuts · disenrollment · coverage gaps · underinsurance · healthcare rationing
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