Source:

https://www.hoover.org/research/how-medicaid-fails-poor

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/total-medicaid-spending/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D

1. a) According to the article, what is the cost of the Medicaid program?

b) What is the expected cost of the Medicaid program in 2024?

2. What is the main problem for Medicaid recipients?

3. According to the Merritt Hawkins report, what percentages of doctors and specialists were not accepting new Medicaid patients?

4. How do Medicaid patients' health outcomes compare to privately insured patients' health outcomes?

5. According to Dr. Atlas, the author of the article, what is his solution to fix Medicaid?

https://www.ted.com/talks/p_j_parmar_how_doctors_can_help_low_income_patients_and_still_make_a_profit/reading-list#t-25690

6. According to the video, what is the percentage of people living in the U.S. on Medicaid?

7. What is the percentage of family doctors in Denver accepting new Medicaid patients?

8. What is the waiting time for Medicaid patients to see their doctors?

9. What is the percentage of family doctors in the U.S. not accepting new Medicaid patients?

10. What are the reasons for family doctors not accepting new Medicaid patients?

11. a) How does Dr. P.J. Parmar run his clinics?

b) What are his reasons for running his clinics this way?

c) How long do patients wait and spend time with their doctors?

12. How are Dr. P.J. Parmar's clinics setup?

13. What is the problem with Federally Qualified Health Centers?

14. Can you briefly summarize Dr. P.J. Parmar's business model?