Michigan Medicaid Expansion Helping Patients with Chronic Conditions | Michigan Medicine
Expanding Medicaid Means Health Problems Get Found and Health Improves, Study Finds
Health Lab · Michigan Medicine Department of Communication
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Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study.
And whether it was a newly found condition or one they’d known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more. Nearly as many said their mental health had improved.
For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/industry-dx/expanding-medicaid-means-health-problems-get-found-and-health-improves-study-finds
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