Ghost Doctors in the Medicaid System

Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews Jane Zhu of Oregon Health & Science University about her recent paper exploring how many physicians enrolled in Medicaid see few or no Medicaid beneficiaries as patients , highlighting a greater need for targeted policies to boost participation and improve access. Order the February 2026 issue of Health Affairs . Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support , we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast for everyone.

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Ghost Doctors in the Medicaid System is an episode from A Health Podyssey by Health Affairs.

This episode is 21:02 long.

This episode was published on Feb 17, 2026.

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