Medicaid expansion and health care access for individuals with obesity in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate associations of Medicaid expansion with health care access for adults with obesity and to explore racial/ethnic differences in these changes in health care access.

Methods

Using 2011 to 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, the study compared health care access measures among adults who were aged ≥18 years and who had BMI ≥ 30 kg/m² and household income ≤ 138% of the federal poverty line by state Medicaid expansion status using a difference-in-differences approach with logistic regression. The authors further stratified the main analysis by race/ethnicity.

Results

Medicaid expansion was associated with improvements in health care access, including lower proportions of those without a usual source of car

SUBMITTER: Kendrick KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9413362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature