Medicaid: Access To Health Care For Low-Income Adults In States With & Without Expanded Eligibility

The report was released in September 2018 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO obtained estimates from 2016 National Health Interview Survey from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) regarding demographic characteristics of low-income adult respondents, and their access to health care services based on their insurance status: uninsured, Medicaid, or private insurance. This population is estimated to include 5.6 million low-income adults aged 19 through 64, with about 1.9 million living in states that expanded Medicaid, and 3.7 million living in states that did not. The goal was to determine trends in . . .