Medicaid expansion associated with fewer cardiovascular deaths

(JAMA Network) Expanding Medicaid eligibility was associated with lower rates of death from cardiovascular causes in a study comparing data from counties in 29 states that expanded Medicaid with 19 states that didn't from 2010 to 2016. Cardiovascular mortality among adults ages 45 to 64 was stable in counties in expansion states between the preexpansion and postexpansion periods (146.5 to 146.4 deaths per 100,000 residents per year).

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