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Rural Implications Of Medicaid Expansion Under The Affordable Care Act, Erika C. Ziller Phd, Jennifer D. Lenardson Mhs, Andrew F. Coburn Phd
Rural Implications Of Medicaid Expansion Under The Affordable Care Act, Erika C. Ziller Phd, Jennifer D. Lenardson Mhs, Andrew F. Coburn Phd
Medicaid
In this brief, researchers from the Maine Rural Health Research Center (University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service) present findings from a SHARE-funded evaluation of the rural implications of Medicaid expansion under the ACA.
The authors examine the following issues:
- The extent to which prior public health insurance expansions have covered rural populations
- Whether rural residents who are expected to be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 differ from their urban counterparts
- The extent to which rural individuals might differentially benefit from the ACA Medicaid expansion in light of the expansion becoming optional
- Whether rural enrollees are likely …