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HHS: Medicaid Expansion Lowers Premiums for Others

Department of Health and Human Services found that insurance in the marketplace for middle-income people cost less in the places that had expanded Medicaid, calculating marketplace premiums that were 7 percent lower.

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Department of Health and Human Services found that insurance in the marketplace for middle-income people cost less in the places that had expanded Medicaid, calculating marketplace premiums that were 7 percent lower. (The New York Times)

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