Researchers find improved preventive care from Obamacare Medicaid expansion
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Participants were also more likely to undertake preventive care such as getting a flu vaccination, having an HIV test or visiting a dentist. The ACA mandates that health insurance plans, including
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Conversely, there was no worsening of those risky behaviors; one might be concerned that the newly insured would be more likely to engage in risky behaviors because they now pay less out of pocket for health care. There was no evidence of this phenomenon, which economists call moral hazard, in the data.
The data for the research came from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System telephone survey conducted by the
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