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New Data Show Medicaid Expansion Pays Off, As Some Holdout States Rethink It

Researchers concluded that because the federal government picked up so much of the tab of expanding eligibility for the low-income insurance program, expansion states like California didn’t have to skimp on other policy priorities to make ends meet.

Lead Poisoning’s Lifelong Toll Includes Lowering Social Mobility, Researchers Find

Research published today suggests childhood lead exposure, which affects half a million children and which the CDC has been deemed a major public concern, doesn’t just impact cognitive development but also undermines class mobility.

Los Angeles County Finds E-Success In Managing Specialist Care

An electronic consulting and referral system adopted by the county’s safety-net public health system in 2012 has reduced waiting times for appointments with specialists and eliminated the need for such appointments in a significant number of cases, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs.