Obamacare’s good Rx: Republican-leaning states wake up to the value of expanding Medicaid eligibility
If only politicians had to recite the Hippocratic oath. Instead, some do what’s best for the well-being of the people they represent while others continue to reject the best evidence and serve their own narrow ideological and partisan ends.
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in
To date, 40 states, including many with Republican-dominated legislatures, have bought into the Medicaid expansion. They include
Good going: In states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility, just 6.6% of people are uninsured; in holdout states, 12% are. Expansion states also report better health outcomes and more progress in reducing medical debts. Researchers connected with the
Health care in America is no picnic; life expectancy is dropping, and maternal mortality rates are rising, especially among Black women, and the cost of care keeps stressing family budgets, to name just three depressing vital signs. But in the 10 Medicaid-expansion holdout states —
The path to longer, healthier lives starts with broader coverage via Medicaid expansion. Thirteen years after its passage, it’s long past time to stop using Obamacare as a political attack line and start using it as a lifeline.
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