Medicaid Expansion Associated With Lower Mortality Rates, Study Says

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / July 22, 2019 at 5:47 PM
Expanding Medicaid coverage is associated with a reduction in mortality among low-income populations that benefit from expansion, according to a University of Michigan study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research Monday (July 22). "Our estimates suggest that approximately 15,600 additional deaths would have been averted had the Affordable Care Act expansions been adopted nationwide as originally intended," said one of the study’s authors, Sarah Miller, assistant professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Michigan...


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