Health Equity

Medicaid Expansion: Effects On Hospital Finances And Implications For Hospitals Facing COVID-19 Challenges

Abstract: This study estimated the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion on hospital finances in 2017 to update earlier findings. The analysis also explored how the ACA Medicaid expansion affects different types of hospitals by size, ownership, rurality, and safety-net status.

Publication: Health Affairs

Date Published: January 5, 2021

Author(s): Fredric Blavin and Christal Ramos

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.