The poverty-reducing effect of Medicaid

•We modeled the impact of Medicaid on out-of-pocket spending.•We then calculated Medicaid's poverty-reducing impact using the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure.•Medicaid reduced out-of-pocket medical spending per enrollee from $871 to $376 per year.•Medicaid kept at least 2.6 mi...

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