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As a counterpoint, the Oregon Medicaid health experiment was also an RCT but found the opposite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experimen
by mbac32768 5y ago
As a counterpoint, the Oregon Medicaid health experiment was also an RCT but found the opposite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experim...
> Approximately two years after the lottery, researchers found that Medicaid had no statistically significant impact on physical health measures, but "it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and management, lower rates of depression, and reduce financial strain."
- nautilius 5y agoHow is that the opposite of "An accidental experiment that saved 700 lives"?
- mbac32768 5y agoAn intentional experiment that saved no lives?
- cryoz 5y agoI fear for things mostly managed in primary care like diabetes, hypertension, etc. the period of this study is just not long enough to get adequate amount of mortality data.