Expanding Medicaid under the ACA has had financial benefits for hospitals, including: - Fewer uninsured patients, more Medicaid patients, or both - Reductions in uncompensated care - Increases in revenues and operating margins - Fewer hospital closures

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We also find that most Americans are worried that people covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (sometimes called Obamacare), in the future won’t get the same benefits that are available today.

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A multicomponent primary #palliative care intervention did not have an effect on hospital admission in older adults with serious, life-limiting illness. ja.ma/3E54hPf #MedSky

A study led by @mskcancercenter.bsky.social's Corita Grudzen and NYU Grossman's Keith Goldfeld evaluated whether providing #palliativecare training to emergency department teams would decrease the number of hospitalizations of older, seriously ill adults. @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A scoping review of hospital-based geriatric-centered interventions on trauma surgery services. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our study of 5,000+ US physicians found that higher engagement in addressing social needs was associated with higher burnout. This underscores the need for compassionate systems and cross-sector collaboration to support physicians in this work. tinyurl.com/yfhm8n86 #MedSky #HealthPolicySky