Medicaid expansion tied to fewer heart-related deaths, study finds
on Tue, 2019-04-09 17:12 Alyssa
As President Donald Trump continues to make clear that he wants to kill the Affordable Care Act, new research suggests that a big part of the ACA -- the expansion of the Medicaid program -- was linked with fewer cardiovascular-related deaths in counties where expansion took place.
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[1] https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/health/medicaid-expansion-cardiovascular-deaths-study/index.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71534567&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8rTPeyb8-vWQEX1j9spANAJoxdXEmnOLHkJKkTOuT6BFzbMYMtRX1BL5uqydbWpyVSzmBysiL5RQRxrvV9EfNwgzn86Q&_hsmi=71534567