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Medicaid Expansion Linked with Better, More Timely Surgical Care

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Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018

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By: Marge Dwyer

The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion was linked to better access to surgery and higher quality surgical care, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The study was published online January 24, 2018 in JAMA Surgery.

“What was most striking was that we saw significant improvements in the treatment of surgical conditions fairly quickly, less than two years…

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