Health Affairs January 11, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden will enter office facing exceedingly important first days. Immediately, he must address ongoing health and economic emergencies. A top priority should be steadying and rebuilding Medicaid, the health care safety-net program that covers nearly one-quarter of the population.
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been adopted in 38 states and the District of Columbia and has been extensively studied since 2014. Evidence shows that expansion has increased access to care for those who are unlikely to be offered employer-sponsored insurance and who often cannot afford it (such as low-wage and part-time workers), as well as historically underserved populations, such as people of color. From 2013 to 2017, Medicaid expansion narrowed the disparity in insurance...
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