Expanding Medicaid means chronic health problems get found & health improves, study finds

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/mm-u-emm093019.php

News Release 30-Sep-2019
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study.

And whether it was a newly found condition or one they'd known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more. Nearly as many said their mental health had improved.

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