Stateline quoted Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on how Medicaid expansion has given a budget boost to participating states.
One argument against expanding Medicaid is the cost, but a recent report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that eight states that expanded will save or collect a total of $1.8 billion by the end of the year. The states that were the most generous to the uninsured before expansion are garnering the biggest benefits now.
"You can say states that had more significant programs for the uninsured before expansion are indeed going to see the most significant savings" in certain budgetary areas, said Boozang, who is one of the coauthors of the RWJ study.
Read the article here.