Medicaid expansion has helped low-income surgery patients get earlier and better care, study finds
“The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased the likelihood that low-income Americans are undergoing major surgery early, before they develop serious complications, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. The ACA’s Medicaid expansion has also made it more likely that those patients will receive the best care possible, the study found.”