Here comes more evidence that expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act was a really good idea.
States that opted to raise Medicaid eligibility limits in return for federal funds have seen their uninsured rates drop far more dramatically than the states that rejected the money.
But a new report suggests that expanding Medicaid lowered costs for those enrolled in ACA marketplace plans as well. A report by researchers from the Department of Health and Human Services found that marketplace plans in states that expanded Medicaid are 7 percent lower, on average, than plans in states that did not expand the program.
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