The cost to states that did not expand medicaid

Research  shows that 14,000 people would be alive if states that refused to expand their medicaid had done so. If  states were to fully expand Medicaid, the benefits would include:

• Additional lives saved per year: 14,361
• Additional infant lives saved per year: 141
• Additional early-stage cancer diagnoses per year: 5,034
• Reduction in uninsured opioid-related hospitalizations per year: 17,577
• Additional bankruptcies prevented per year: 1,517
• Reduction in families’ accrued medical debt: $6.8 billion
• Money kept in families’ pockets from less costly credit per year: $2.1 billion
• Savings to communities from enhanced public safety per year: $7.7 billion