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Evidence of Policy Effects on Infrequent but Important Outcomes—Lessons From the Medicaid Mortality Debate

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.5210

September 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This JAMA Forum discusses the importance of scientific evidence to support health policy in the context of the recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its cuts to Medicaid.

Corresponding Author: Katherine Baicker, PhD, University of Chicago, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 (kbaicker@uchicago.edu).

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