Medicaid expansion takes a bite out of medical debt

Researchers at the University of Minnesota studied financial data from 2012 to 2015 and found that the percentage of low-income, nonelderly adults with unpaid medical bills dropped twice as much in states that expanded Medicaid than those that didn't.

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As the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress look to scale back Medicaid, many voters and state lawmakers across the country are moving to make it bigger.

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