Research

Research Interests

Our research looks at health policy trade-offs and their effects on patient outcomes. We have completed two studies of how the outcomes of ischemic stroke differ between states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and states that did not. We are currently designing new studies of postpartum Medicaid extension under the American Rescue Plan Act and the use of copay accumulator programs by prescription drug plans.

Previously, Dr. McGee examined the effects of prescription drug co-pays on treatment adherence, hospital use, and medical costs among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. He also collaborates with faculty researchers and graduate students across the university on a multidisciplinary project related to pain and disparities in sickle cell disease.

We recently received funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to study Medicaid expansion waivers with work or activity requirements and their impact on healthcare coverage and access for low-income working-age people.

Sample Projects

  • Understanding Medicaid Expansion Alternatives and Maximizing Coverage for Low-Income Working People
  • Building Research Expertise Across Teams for Health Equity (BREATHE) in Sickle Cell Disease
  • Medicaid Expansion and Racial Differences in Readmission Causes and Costs after Acute Ischemic Stroke
  • The Role of Expanded Medicaid in Maternal Health Equity in the Late Postpartum Period (pending)

Grant Funding

Current:

Betty I. Moore Fellowship logo

Past:

GSU Project RISE

American Heart Association logo

American Nurses Foundation logo