New York is one of the states opting to expand Medicaid as soon as it could through the Affordable Care Act, and recent studies found a 2014 decision has paid off in terms of better health outcomes.
One positive and unintended consequence of Medicaid expansion was found by researchers at the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins University was fewer cases of child neglect in states with expanded Medicaid, compared to those without.
