The High Cost of Good Intentions in Medicaid
The best research on the program's effect on health outcomes is from the Oregon experiment in which people were randomly assigned to Medicaid. Researchers found little evidence that the program improved health outcomes. They also found that recipients value Medicaid at only 20% to 50% of its cost to taxpayers. State lawmakers appear to place a similarly low value on the program. They have always had the option of expanding Medicaid to able-bodied adults at their own expense. Most chose not to do so until they were offered 100% federal subsidies.
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