Medicaid expansion was one of the fundamental ways the ACA attempted to improve insurance coverage—and through it, health care access—for Americans. (Image: Shutterstock)
A new review of research on Medicaid expansion, a key element of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has found the vast majority of studies show positive effects from the expansion. The study, by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), reviewed findings from 404 studies since 2014, including 80 new studies conducted since KFF's last literature review.
Medicaid expansion was one of the fundamental ways the ACA attempted to improve insurance coverage—and through it, health care access—for Americans. Not surprisingly, poorer Americans found the cost of health care a barrier to accessing care. The Medicaid expansion raised the income limits for the program, which is run as a federal/state partnership. This allowed more Americans to participate in government-funded Medicaid insurance programs and gave states more financial resources for their programs.
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