Health Care

New study shows expanding Medicaid improves access to care for low-income adults

Low-income adults in expansion states are less like to report having unmet medical needs, are less likely to forego care because of cost, are more likely to have a usual place of care, and are more likely to receive selected health care services (like getting a flu shot or a blood pressure check) than their peers in states that did not expand Medicaid.

Sign now to send a thank you to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford!

Many of us are still reeling from the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. But women and people who are concerned about the rights of survivors of sexual assault are ever more united in our conviction that the confirmation fight cannot be in vain and we will...

Kavanaugh is a Threat to American Health Care

My aunt, Rima, is scared these days. She became concerned when President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court because she worried about what his confirmation would mean for our health care. The focus on the very serious,...

Fact of the Week: Drop in uninsured rates for low-income rural residents is three times larger in Medicaid expansion states

The uninsured rate for low-income adults has decreased in the last several years across America, thanks in large part to the Affordable Care Act. But small towns and rural areas of states that have expanded Medicaid have seen the sharpest decline in uninsured rates. That’s one of the findings of a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina Rural Health Research Program.