Southern U.S. states that expanded Medicaid “experienced lower rates of physical and mental health declines” than nearby regions, a new analysis shows
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“Medicaid expansion was associated with lower rates of self-reported health declines and a higher likelihood of maintaining baseline health status over time,” the 10-page analysisNine of the 14 remaining states that haven’t expanded Medicaid under the ACA are in the “southern census region, and two other non-expansion states bordered that region,” researchers said, stressing the study’s importance because the South, they said, was “home to nearly half of the nation’s uninsured population before...
"Study after study has shown the same thing—people in states with Medicaid expansion are better off,” said of The Fairness Project, which spent $6 million to support ballot measures that won in November of 2018. “Americans get it, and they're tired of politicians valuing special interests over the lives of their own constituents. That’s why we've seen a revolt at the ballot box on this issue in even the deepest of red states.
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