Medicaid Expansion Reduced Mortality Among Low-Income Adults By 2.5% Between 2010 & 2022

Expanding Medicaid eligibility through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, combined with the effects of previous state Medicaid waiver programs, led to a 2.5% reduction in death rates among low-income working-age adults, according to a recent analysis. The lower mortality rate translated into approximately 27,400 prevented deaths from 2010 to 2022, the study stated.

Highlights and conclusions from the study include:

An additional 12,800 deaths could have been prevented had all states opted to expand Medicaid.

Health insurance improves health, and Medicaid’s life-saving effects extend across more of the low-income population . . .