Medicaid Expansions

Select presentations from the State Network's Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon.

This study of three states, Arizona, Maine, and New York, that have expanded adult Medicaid coverage has found that the expansions reduced deaths.

This report is based on information drawn from structured discussions and focus groups performed under the SAMHSA Financing Center of Excellence contract to explore possible causes, and identify strategies for maximizing coverage among individuals with behavioral health conditions in Massachusetts and across the country.

According to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), the majority of emergency department (ED) visits by nonelderly Medicaid patients are for symptoms suggesting urgent or more serious medical problems rather than for routine care.This research brief highlights that there are clearly opportunities to develop less-costly care options than emergency departments for both nonelderly Medicaid and privately insured patients.

This Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland report on the economic impact of health reform in Maryland found that the ACA will benefit the state’s budget by more than $600 million through 2020, generate more than $3 billion in annual economic activity, and create more than 26,000 jobs.