Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Medicaid Expansion Reduces Medical Debt

Medical debt was cut nearly in half in states that expanded Medicaid
Vox
Medicaid expansion doesn’t just provide more people health insurance — it appears to cut medical debt enormously. The Affordable Care Act offered states a huge infusion of federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults, and about 30 states took that deal right away. Since then, new medical debt in those states has fallen 44 percent, a bigger drop than was seen in the states that refused to expand the program. Those states showed only a 10 percent decline.