The Medicaid Expansion and Its Effects

The video discusses the challenges of capturing the effects of health insurance on healthcare decisions, highlighting the Oregon and Rand Health Insurance Experiments. It then focuses on a study by Laura Wherry and Sarah Miller on Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, using a quasi-experimental design. The study found increased health insurance coverage, physician visits, and disease diagnoses in expansion states. The video emphasizes the importance of continued research to understand the full impact of the ACA and acknowledges support from viewers.

Discuss the importance of continuing studies on the impact of the Affordable Care Act as mentioned in the text.

What implications does the study suggest for the remaining states that have not expanded Medicaid?