What behavior change interventions have been implemented with regard to this behavior?
To enroll individuals within the population in Medicaid.
Describe the interventions
These interventions begin with states expanding coverage to individuals through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion in states that decide to participate.
Expanding coverage within Medicaid is a policy implementation that is left up to the states, which was upheld by Supreme Court decision in 2012 maintaining that states can opt out of the Medicaid expansion.
Describe groups that have benefited from the various evidence-based intervention
-Childless low-income adults – these are adults who are below their specific states’ income threshold who don’t have any children.
-Homeless population
RE-AIM ELEMENTS:
- R: Reach
- E: Efficacy
- A: Adoption
- M: Maintenance
The Affordable Care Act
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, this will prove to be a major change with expected peer-reviewed publications to follow. Since this has been a recent change, there is only speculation as to how this will impact the Medicaid enrollment.
Here is a brief video by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which explains Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: