Nikpay: Uninsured emergency department visits down after Medicaid expansion
Fewer uninsured patients are walking through the doors of Emergency Departments in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), even though the total number of visits has increased since 2014, according to an Annals of Emergency Medicine study released Monday.
Lead author Sayeh Nikpay, Ph.D., assistant professor of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said the increase was “modest,” with 2.5 more emergency department visits per 1,000 people in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the ACA.