A study found that new Medicaid patients went to hospitals 20 percent more after they got coverage than before

New Medicaid patients went to hospitals 20 percent more after they got coverage than before according to a study from the Brookings Institute. The study found it’s not that the patients in the states that have expanded Medicaid suffer more emergencies; it’s that if they are covered under Medicaid, they don’t have to worry about debt collection. Read article here…

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