The difficulties that Medicaid beneficiaries face accessing medical care are often attributed to the program's low … reimbursement rates relative to other payers. There is little evidence, however, as to the actual effects of Medicaid doctor payment … rates on access and health outcomes for beneficiaries. In this paper, we exploit within-state variation in Medicaid …

to health care for Medicaid patients. The results suggest that allowing physician assistants to prescribe drugs … outpatient claims per Medicaid recipient. I find little evidence that expanded scope of practice has affected proxies for access …

to health care for Medicaid patients. The results suggest that allowing physician assistants to prescribe drugs … outpatient claims per Medicaid recipient. I find little evidence that expanded scope of practice has affected proxies for access …