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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Florida’s Medicaid Reform Demonstration: Year Three

Author(s): Michael Bond, Mark Dobeck

Citation: Michael Bond, Mark Dobeck, (2010) "Florida’s Medicaid Reform Demonstration: Year Three," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 11, Iss. 4, pp. 11 - 32

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Funding Medicaid is currently a substantial and growing portion of many state budgets. Quality of care

is another issue, and Medicaid is reputedly a low quality provider in care and accessibility. Reforms are

necessary but the options appear limited. Florida is demonstrating that improvements and efficiencies

can be obtained through market-based reforms. Since 2005, Florida incrementally moved toward

managed competition and realized cost and utilization efficiencies. For the initial 3-year period, the data

indicate that Florida’s Medicaid reform initiatives are effective. A compelling question of whether such

reforms can be expanded and even adopted by other states merits consideration.