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Especially since Medicaid cuts will lead some of us -- the poorest among us -- to die faster than would otherwise be the case.
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New working paper on Medicaid, based on Medicaid expansions, finds:
*Medicaid reduced mortality hazard for new enrollees by 21%
*expansions were cost-effective
*lack of health insurance explains about 5-20% of the mortality disparity between high- & low-income Americans
www.nber.org/papers/w33719
*Medicaid reduced mortality hazard for new enrollees by 21%
*expansions were cost-effective
*lack of health insurance explains about 5-20% of the mortality disparity between high- & low-income Americans
www.nber.org/papers/w33719
Saved by Medicaid: New Evidence on Health Insurance and Mortality from the Universe of Low-Income Adults
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Especially since Medicaid cuts will lead some of us -- the poorest among us -- to die faster than would otherwise be the case.
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