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hopeforchange2008

(610 posts)
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 11:55 AM Mar 2017

Study shows states who expanded Medicaid have improved outcomes

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/interactives/2017/mar/state-scorecard/

...The Scorecard finds that states that accepted federal funding to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act outperformed states that did not expand Medicaid. (notes) Expansion states typically ranked higher than nonexpansion states before and after the law’s coverage expansions (Exhibit 1), but they also saw the greatest gains in health care access between 2013 and 2015...
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