How Does Medicaid Expansion Affect Insurance Coverage of Rural Populations?

Date
07/2014
Description

Examines how states' decisions on Medicaid expansion are impacting rural areas in the United States. Used population estimates, current status of state expansion, and state-level insurance estimates to answer two primary questions including how is Medicaid expansion affecting rural populations and how would it differ if every state were to expand Medicaid.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Kristie Thompson, Brystana Kaufman, Mark Holmes