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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE EFFECT OF STATE MEDICAID EXPANSIONS ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE: EVIDENCE FROM THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

@inproceedings{Simon2017NBERWP,
  title={NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE EFFECT OF STATE MEDICAID EXPANSIONS ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE: EVIDENCE FROM THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT},
  author={Kosali Ilayperuma Simon and Benjamin D. Sommers and Ausmita Ghosh},
  year={2017},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:78696921}
}
A national analysis of how the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions have affected aggregate prescription drug utilization finds that within the first 15 months of expansion, Medicaid-paid prescription utilization increased by 19 percent in expansion states relative to states that did not expand; this works out to approximately seven additional prescriptions per year per newly enrolled beneficiary.
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