Fast and sharp: Medicaid expansion gives hospitals immediate relief from uninsured care

Just six months after opening up health insurance to more low-income people, states saw a huge drop in the amount of care their hospitals provided to uninsured patients, and a rise in care for people with coverage, a new study finds. But in states that have not chosen to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals continued to experience the same or even higher demand for care from people without insurance.

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