Table 5.
State Medicaid Officials’ Expectations Regarding Access to Care in Medicaid110
| Survey Item | Number |
|---|---|
| Benefits of expanded Medicaid (Yes/No for each) | |
| — Improves families’ access to health care | 21 (95%) |
| — Reduces the burden of uncompensated care on health care providers | 22 (100%) |
| — Improves health for its beneficiaries | 21 (100%) |
| — Helps families pay their medical bills | 21 (95%) |
| Drawbacks of expanded Medicaid (Yes/No for each) | |
| — It will overload the health care system, and may make it harder for other insured individuals to get needed care | 8 (36%) |
| — It will foster dependency among beneficiaries | 3 (14%) |
| — It will harm people by putting them in a flawed program | 1 (5%) |
| Greatest barrier(s) to care for new Medicaid beneficiaries in your statea | |
| — Lack of specialty providers who accept Medicaid | 11 (50%) |
| — Churning or disruptions in coverage over time | 10 (45%) |
| — Lack of primary care providers accepting Medicaid | 6 (27%) |
| — Cultural or non-economic barriers | 4 (18%) |
| — Inability to afford cost-sharing and copays | 0 (0%) |
| — Restrictive managed care networks | 0 (0%) |
| — Benchmark coverage may leave out important benefits | 0 (0%) |
| — Barriers to care will not be a problem | 5 (23%) |
| Impact of the primary care Medicaid payment increase for 2013–2014 on physician participation rates in Medicaid in your state | |
| — No impact | 5 (24%) |
| — Small impact | 14 (67%) |
| — Large impact | 2 (10%) |
a
Officials were asked to select up to two options for this item.