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Chang and Davis do an admirable job identifying the characteristics of potentially newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries under the ACA reform. As their analysis shows, new beneficiaries are anticipated to be younger, healthier, male, and of less disadvantaged backgrounds. The negative health indicators in the eligible population are greater alcohol and tobacco use, both modifiable risk factors. Overall, the population's...
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This article by Chang and David confirms earlier research that low- income uninsured people who are eligible for Medicaid eligibility expansions tend to be healthier than others. As they note, earlier research focused on self-reported health status, while their study uses actual clinical data from NHANES. It is a nice counterpart by a recent study by Sandra Decker, et al. (JAMA, 2013 Jun 26;309(24):2579-86) which also...
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