Evidence from the 30 states that have expanded Medicaid to non-elderly adults with incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty line demonstrate the expansion’s significant impact on reforming uninsured and uncompensated care.
Here are four findings on Medicaid expansion, according to the Huffington Post.
1. Uninsurance among non-elderly adults has been reduced by half in expansion states, dropping from 14.9 percent to 7.3 percent since the end of 2013.
2. The use of preventive services has increased in states that have expanded their Medicaid programs.
3. Hospital uncompensated care costs fell by $7.4 billion dollars in 2014, with a greater share of this drop in states that expanded Medicaid services, according to a HHS report.
4. Many expansion states have produced net budget savings. Through June 2015, Kentucky and Arkansas respectively saved $110 million and $120 million, owing in part to Medicaid expansion, according to the Huffington Post.
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