Medicaid Expansion Results in More Emergency Room Trips; Fewer Patients Uninsured
from HealthcareFinance
Emergency room visits ticked up in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, and concurrently, payer mixes changed, with more of those patients having insurance, according to a new study from the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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