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Archive Home > 2012 > July > 26 > Where Medicaid grew, death rate dropped, a Harvard study finds

Where Medicaid grew, death rate dropped, a Harvard study finds

By Pam Belluck / The Bulletin
July 26, 2012

Into the maelstrom of debate over whether Medicaid should cover more people comes a new study by Harvard researchers who found that when states expanded their Medicaid programs and gave more poor people health insurance, fewer people died.

The study, published online Wednesday in The New England....

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