Expanding Medicaid as called for in the Affordable Care Act would extend health insurance to nearly 700,000 currently uninsured Pennsylvanians and create more than 41,000 new jobs in the state in 2016 according to a new  report.
Medicaid expansion also would result in $3.3 billion in new health care spending in Pennsylvania and generate $5.1 billion in new economic activity in 2016.
These are among the conclusions presented ind “Pennsylvania’s Economy Will Benefit From Expanding Medicaid,” a new report issued jointly by the Pennsylvania Health Access Network and the national advocacy group Families USA.
Learn more about the report and its analysis and find a link to the entire report here, on the web site of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.