Pregnant women would be healthy when they got pregnant and not have to deal with hypertension and other chronic diseases that lead to to a high maternal mortality rate. We saw health outcomes improve. We saw hospitals that were on the verge of closing because of the high number of uninsured overcome that risk. During the summer recess, I visited a dental clinic in far Southwest Virginia in Abingdon. (05:52–06:02)
CLAIM
Asserts that Medicaid expansion helped prevent hospital closures due to high uninsured rates.
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