{"id":27948,"date":"2025-05-16T17:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27948"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:23:55","slug":"as-congress-debates-cutting-medicaid-a-major-study-shows-it-saves-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27948","title":{"rendered":"As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

The expansion of Medicaid has saved more than 27,000 lives since 2010, according to the most definitive study yet on the program\u2019s health effects.<\/p>\n

Poor adults who gained Medicaid coverage after the Affordable Care Act expanded access were 21 percent less likely to die during a given year than those not enrolled, the research shows. By analyzing federal records on 37 million Americans, two economists found that deaths fell not only among older enrollees but also among those in their 20s and 30s \u2014 a group often assumed to have few medical needs, and who would have been far <\/strong>less likely to qualify for Medicaid before the expansion.<\/p>\n

The findings were published this month in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper<\/a>, as House Republicans were drafting a plan that could significantly cut Medicaid, which covers 71 million low-income or disabled Americans. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the program, approved a suite of policies<\/a> on Wednesday that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would cause millions of people<\/a> to lose their coverage in the years ahead.<\/p>\n

The study\u2019s authors said that the publication timing was coincidental \u2014 their research has been in progress for two years \u2014 but acknowledged that the findings were especially relevant to the current budget discussions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
\n

The researchers found that, on average, it costs Medicaid $179,000 to save a year of life \u2014 similar to the amounts spent on health care interventions like cervical cancer screenings and leukemia treatment. It is less than the combined public and private spending on interventions like safety inspections for cars or the removal of asbestos from buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\t<!–><\/p>\n

[–><\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<!–><\/p>\n
\n
[!–><!–><\/div>\n

–><\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<!–><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

–> <\/p>\n

\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n

<!–>Source: Angela Wyse and Bruce D. Meyer<\/a>, including analysis of prior intervention cost research<\/a>. Values are measured in 2019 dollars. By The New York Times.–><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<!–><\/figure>\n

–> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n

Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.The expansion of Medicaid has saved more than 27,000 lives since 2010, according to the most definitive study yet on the program\u2019s health effects.Poor adults who gained Medicaid coverage after the Affordable Care Act expanded access were 21 percent less likely to die during a given year than those not enrolled, the research shows. By analyzing federal records on 37 million Americans, two economists found that deaths fell not only among older enrollees but also among those in their 20s and 30s \u2014 a group often assumed to have few medical needs, and who would have been far less likely to qualify for Medicaid before the expansion.The findings were published this month in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, as House Republicans were drafting a plan that could significantly cut Medicaid, which covers 71 million low-income or disabled Americans. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the program, approved a suite of policies on Wednesday that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would cause millions of people to lose their coverage in the years ahead.The study\u2019s authors said that the publication timing was coincidental \u2014 their research has been in progress for two years \u2014 but acknowledged that the findings were especially relevant to the current budget discussions.The researchers found that, on average, it costs Medicaid $179,000 to save a year of life \u2014 similar to the amounts spent on health care interventions like cervical cancer screenings and leukemia treatment. It is less than the combined public and private spending on interventions like safety inspections for cars or the removal of asbestos from buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27950,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27951,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948\/revisions\/27951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}