TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Borgschulte, Mark
AU  - Vogler, Jacob
        TI  - Did the ACA Medicaid Expansion Save Lives?
        PY  - 2019/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12552
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12552
        AB  - We estimate the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on county-level mortality in the first four years following expansion. We find a reduction in all-cause mortality in ages 20 to 64 equaling 11.36 deaths per 100,000 individuals, a 3.6 percent decrease. This estimate is largely driven by reductions in causes of death likely to be influenced by access to health care, and equates to one life saved per 310 newly covered individuals. A cost-benefit analysis shows that the improvement in welfare due to mortality responses may offset the entire net-of-transfers expenditure associated with the expansion.
        KW  - health insurance
KW  - Medicaid
KW  - mortality
KW  - public health insurance
KW  - healthcare
KW  - Affordable Care Act
        ER  -