Public News Service By: Roz Brown Since Minnesota expanded its Medicaid program in 2013, the number of people uninsured in the state’s rural areas has been cut nearly in half. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families examines how states are doing, whether or not they opted to expand Medicaid, […]
Public News Service By: Dan Heyman A new report says expanding Medicaid is really paying off for rural West Virginians. … It found expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has cut the rate of low-income, rural West Virginia adults without health coverage by 60 percent. … Study co-author Joan Alker, executive director of the […]
Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman New research illustrates the significant impact Medicaid expansion is having in Illinois, especially in rural areas. According to the findings, among states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, uninsured rates for low-income adults living in rural areas and small towns fell more than three times more than […]
Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman New research illustrates the significant impact Medicaid expansion is having in Kentucky, especially in rural areas. Among states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to the findings, uninsured rates for low-income adults living in rural areas and small towns fell more than three times more than […]
WNPR By: Jeff Cohen The rate of people without health insurance in rural Connecticut has gone down dramatically since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. That’s the takeaway message from a new report on health insurance out of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Edwin Park, a research professor at the center, said […]
Modern Healthcare By: Harris Meyer … Polls show the public supports Medicaid expansion, including in red states. A July tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in the 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, 51% of those polled said they favor expansion, with 39% opposing it. A recent UtahPolicy.com poll found 65% […]
