Benefits of Medicaid Expansion-and Costs of Blocking It

摘要

If all states expand Medicaid coverage, as provided by the ACA, they would save $18.1 billion on uncompensated care for uninsured state residents in 2016 alone. Full expansion would mean that 27.4 million people would be newly insured, with 16.2 million newly enrolled in Medicaid. Medicaid expansion would also likely contribute to the creation or retention of thousands of jobs in each state because of increased federal spending.