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The Future of Medicaid, Insurance Options, and Salt Mines

Credit: John Cummings/ideastream

GOP leadership have promised reform to entitlement programs like Medicaid, once the new administration is sworn in. A new Center for Community Solutions report lays out what some of these funding changes could look like, and who benefits from these services. Then, we’ll hear how the salt put on our snowy roads gets there, by talking with ideastream’s Mary Fecteau about her recent visit to the salt mines below.

 

Resources: 

Mary Fecteau's Piece on Salt Mines

Photos of Mary's Trip to the Salt Mines:

-Loren Anthes, Public Policy Fellow, Medicaid Policy Center, The Center for Community Solutions

-Greg Lawson, Statehouse Liaison and Policy Analyst, The Buckeye Institute

-JB Silvers, Professor of Health Care Finance, Case Western Reserve University

-Mary Fecteau, Producer, ideastream

Rachel is the supervising producer for Ideastream Public Media’s morning public affairs show, the “Sound of Ideas.”