KHN: 5 Challenges Facing Medicaid At 50

1. Controlling costs - Medicaid is one of the largest items in state budgets, although its beneficiaries lack political clout
2. Supreme Court’s ruling - Getting states to expand income eligibility under Obamacare
3. Better oversight of managed care - More than half of Medicaid enrollees now get care through private managed care companies
4. Ensuring access to doctors and dentists - People enrolled in Medicaid can get primary and preventive care easily, but may have a hard time finding specialists and dentists
5. Meeting growing demand for long term care - With the aging of the population accelerating in the next two decades, the demand for long-term care is expected to soar

Source: Kaiser Health News
Source URL: http://khn.org/news/5-challenges-facing-medicaid-at-50/