Missed Opportunities: The Consequences Of State Decisions Not To Expand Medicaid

In July 2014, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report detailing the effects of state decisions regarding Medicaid expansion on access to care, financial security, overall health and well-being of residents, and state economies.  To date, 26 states and the District of Columbia have opted for Medicaid expansion.  To estimate the consequences of state decisions to expand Medicaid, this analysis proceeds in two steps.First, CEA obtained estimates ofstates’ Medicaid expansion decisions on insurance coverage and the amount of Federal funding entering state economies. Second, CEA used research on the effects of past policy decisions to translate . . .