Lunchtime Must-Read: Council of Economic Advisors: Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid
Betsey Stevenson et al.: The Council of Economic Advisers: Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid: “24 States have not yet expanded Medicaid…
…including many of the States that would benefit most…. The Urban Institute estimate[s] that… 5.7 million people will be deprived of health insurance coverage in 2016. Meanwhile, these States will forgo billions in Federal dollars that could boost their economies…. If the States that have not yet expanded Medicaid did so: 1.4 million more people would have a usual source of clinic care…. States that have already expanded Medicaid… 1.0 million…. 651,000 more people would receive all care they feel they need in a typical year….. States that have already expanded Medicaid will achieve this outcome for 494,000 people…. 829,000 people would receive cholesterol‐level screenings once expanded coverage was fully in effect. States that have already expanded… 630,000…. 214,000 women between the ages of 50 and 64 would receive mammograms…. States that have already expanded… 161,000 women…. 345,000 women would receive pap smears…. States that have already expanded… for 261,000 women…. 15.4 million physician office visits…. States that have already expanded… 11.7 million….255,000 fewer people will face catastrophic out‐of‐pocket medical costs in a typical year…. States that have already expanded… 194,000…. 810,000 fewer people will have trouble paying other bills due to the burden of medical…. States that have already expanded… 348,000…. 757,000 additional people would report being in excellent, very good, or good health… States that have already expanded… 575,000 people….
$88 billion in Federal support through calendar year 2016. States that have already expanded… $84 billion…. Boosted employment by 85,000 jobs in 2014, 184,000 jobs in 2015, and a total of 379,000 job‐years through 2017. States that have already expanded… 356,000 job‐years…. $66 billion in total economic activity through 2017. States that have already expanded… $62 billion…