This article examined the impact of Medicaid managed care organizations on health care access for disabled adults, finding that managed care enrollees were 30 percent more likely to have long wait times prior to see a provider, 32 percent more likely to report problems accessing specialist care, and 10 percent less likely to receive a flut shot.  

Burns, M. E. (2009). Medicaid managed care and health care access for adult beneficiaries with disabilities.  Health Services Research, 44(5): 1521-1541. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00991.x http://www.hsr.org/hsr/abstract.jsp?aid=44434898469 

Authors: Marguerite E. Burns