Health Policy and Evaluation HCM-590-MBOL1

Assignment Details
Write a Policy Critique on Medicaid Expansion and Dual Eligible Policy in Texas. The Paper must be about 1,500 words and incorporate the Saint Lxo University core value of community.
Saint Lxo University Core Value of Community
Saint Lxo University develops hospitable Christian learning communities everywhere we serve. We foster a spirit of belonging, unity, and interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to change, and to serve.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Policy Critique on Medicaid Expansion
Texas is among the 17 states without Medicaid expansion, with more than 4.7 million individuals without health coverage. Texas is listed as leading uninsured in the country, with 19 percent of non-elderly individuals being uninsured compared to the national average of 11 percent. Health forecasts indicated that the number of uninsured Texans would continue to rise in the coming years. The high rates of uninsured persons in Texas possess significant effects on the state’s financial burden and the economy at large (Martin et al., 2012). Research articulates that a high rate of uninsured is associated with high financial burdens for families and individuals, while the high rate of access to Medicaid expansion tends to reduce the out of pocket expenses and medical debt (Martin, Lassman, Washington & Catlin, 2012). In 2016, Medicaid expansion….