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Adults with Medicaid feel healthier than those with no insurance, a unique study finds
Adults with Medicaid use more medical services, have less financial stress related to health and, overall, feel healthier than those without insurance. So says a first-of-its-kind study on the effectiveness of the government insurance plan. The findings make intuitive sense, yet the study is the first to directly compare similar adults with Medicaid and with no insurance at all. Compared with the adults without health insurance, researchers found that the new Medicaid recipients: 1)Were 30% more likely to have a hospital admission.2)Were 15% more likely to take prescription drugs.3)Were 35% more likely to have an outpatient visit.4)Might have visited the emergency room more frequently, but researchers couldn't tell from the estimates. 5)Were 25% less likely to have an unpaid medical bill sent to a collection agency.6)Were 20% less likely to have out-of-pocket medical expenditures.7)Were more likely to use preventive.8)Reported being physically and mentally healthier.
source: Los Angeles Times