Medicaid pays for around 2 in every 5 births in the country. The program accounts for about 20 percent of both hospital funding and total health care spending nationwide, according to KFF. That organization's analyses of hundreds of studies conducted since 2014 largely found that Medicaid expansion helped cut hospital costs associated with uninsured patients. Many studies also found that Medicaid expansion helped with overall hospital funding and resulted in fewer hospital closures, though KFF notes that may vary.
And Medicaid – not Medicare – is the single largest payer of long-term care coverage, including nursing home care.
Here are some of the ways Medicaid is crucial for so many Americans' health care...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/a-closer-look-at-who-relies-on-medicaid
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