Medicaid Expansion States See Sharpest Decline in Rural Uninsured Rates

Medicaid Expansion States See Sharpest Decline in Rural Uninsured Rates

The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families found that the rates of uninsured low-income adult citizens has sharply decreased across the country. Since 2008 and 2009, small towns and rural areas in states that expanded Medicaid have seen the largest decrease in uninsured low-income adults with a drop from 35% to 16% uninsured in 2015 and 2016. Urban areas saw a drop from 38% uninsured to 32% uninsured over the same time.