{
  "id": 5577236,
  "title": "Putting a price on preventive care: How Medicaid compares to other insurers in Virginia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/putting-a-price-on-preventive-care-how-medicaid-compares-to-other",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-04T15:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-price-medicaid-virginia.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new Virginia study led by George Mason University professor Alison Cuellar offers a clearer comparison of how much different types of insurance pay doctors for routine preventive visits. The study found that both forms of Medicaid, fee-for-service and managed care, paid substantially less than other types of insurance, such as Medicare, employer-sponsored insurance, and marketplace plans. Medicaid managed care plans paid 25% less than Medicare plans and over 40% less than marketplace plans, despite generally paying more than traditional Medicaid. The study used novel Transparency in Coverage and Virginia claims data to provide a more complete picture of Medicaid payment rates, as previous studies have largely focused on traditional fee-for-service Medicaid.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}