KELO Newstalk 1320

By: Jack Taylor

According to the new study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, Jack Hoadley, co-author of the study, mentioned that Medicaid expansion states have been saving money.

One of the nurses from the South Dakota Nurses Association, knowing that the sooner the healthcare assessment, the better outcome for the patients, mentioned that South Dakota must expand Medicaid coverage, in order to make healthcare more accessible for at least 50,000.

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After reviewing safety net hospitals and clinics in seven states, researchers at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that Medicaid expansion states saved money.

Study co-author Jack Hoadley says health care institutions in expansion states are also saving money, freeing them to provide other services including dental and behavioral health check-ups.

Hoadley says because they have more resources and they’re not just stretched to meet the day-to-day needs of their patients they have a little more flexibility to try to create relationships around the community with other providers.

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