Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Benefits Hospitals, Particularly in Rural America
June 23, 2017
June 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities issued the following news release:
Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), particularly those in rural areas, have fared significantly better than hospitals in non-expansion states, based on recent published and unpublished research by the Urban Institute.[1] Since 2013, uncompensated care costs have fallen by 1.7 percentage points more, and Med . . .
Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), particularly those in rural areas, have fared significantly better than hospitals in non-expansion states, based on recent published and unpublished research by the Urban Institute.[1] Since 2013, uncompensated care costs have fallen by 1.7 percentage points more, and Med . . .