Will the American Rescue Plan Overcome Opposition to Medicaid Expansion?

Patrick N O'Mahen^{1

2}, Laura A Petersen^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ The Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA. omahen@bcm.edu.
² Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. omahen@bcm.edu.
³ The Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Editorial

Patrick N O'Mahen et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;36(11):3550-3552.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07084-x. Epub 2021 Aug 11.

Patrick N O'Mahen^{1

2}, Laura A Petersen^{3

4}

¹ The Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA. omahen@bcm.edu.
² Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. omahen@bcm.edu.
³ The Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

No abstract available

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