The Costs to Kansans of Failure to Expand Medicaid
The REACH Healthcare Foundation provided funding to IPSR to study the impact of failure to expand Medicaid on Kansans. The research brief and report show that Kansans are spending more state resources on Medicaid, health care spending is increasing at a faster rate, and employee premiums for health care are increasing faster in Kansas than in states that expanded Medicaid. County mill levies for hospitals have also increased. There are many unexpected costs resulting from the state’s failure to expand Medicaid.
Principal Investigator
Donna K. Ginther, director of IPSR, Regents and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Economics
David Slusky, professor of economics
Project Dates
November 2021 – October 2022
Funding Agency
Publications
Research Brief: The Unexpected Costs of Not Expanding Medicaid in Kansas
Ginther, Donna K., Davut Ayan, and David J.G. Slusky, The Unexpected Costs of Not Expanding Medicaid in Kansas, sponsored by the REACH Foundation, May 2022.
Research Report: Economic Costs to Kansas Due to State's Failure to Expand Medicaid.
Ayan, Davut, Donna K. Ginther, and David J.G. Slusky, Economic Costs to Kansas Due to State’s Failure to Expand Medicaid, sponsored by the REACH Foundation, May 2022.