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- Title
Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults' Perspectives on Proposed Medicaid Reforms' Effects on Dental Care Access.
- Authors
Northridge, Mary E.; Estrada, Ivette; Schrimshaw, Eric W.; Greenblatt, Ariel P.; Metcalf, Sara S.; Kunzel, Carol
- Abstract
To examine how proposed Medicaid reform plans are experienced by racial/ethnic minority older adults and what the implications are for their ability to access dental care through Medicaid, from 2013 to 2015 we conducted focus groups in northern Manhattan, New York, New York, among African American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican adults aged 50 years and older. Participants reported problems with affording copayments for care, complicated health and social issues, the need for vision and dental care close to home, and confusion about and stigmatization with Medicaid coverage. Federal, state, and local public health agencies can help by clarifying and simplifying Medicaid plans and sustaining benefits that older adults need to live healthy and dignified lives.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NEW York (State); RACIAL minorities; MEDICAID law; DENTAL care; REFORMS; OLDER people's attitudes; HEALTH services accessibility; GERIATRIC dentistry; FOCUS groups; HEALTH; ETHNIC groups; MEDICAID; MEDICAL care costs; MINORITIES
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2017, Vol 107, pS65
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2016.303640