States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen a much bigger increase in prescriptions for a medication that treats opioid addiction than states that chose not to expand the ...

Cancer patients are more likely to survive if they live in a state that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, new research shows. Patients were more likely to have higher ...

Medicaid expansion was associated with significantly improved 5-year cancer survival for patients in rural and high-poverty areas compared to non-expansion states. Five-year cause-specific survival ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) enabled states to expand Medicaid to low-income adults and required expansion programs to cover substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Extending prior research, we ...

As states completed the “unwinding” of pandemic-era continuous coverage, Medicaid enrollment fell 7.6% in FY 2025 and is expected to be largely flat in FY 2026, according to KFF’s 25th annual Medicaid ...

Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is the federal law that created health insurance marketplaces and expanded protections. Meanwhile, Medicaid is a government-run health ...

The potential for Mississippi to expand its Medicaid program in 2026 appears unlikely, continuing a trend from the past five years. Gov. Tate Reeves remains strongly opposed to expansion, which would ...