Medicaid Expansion Reduces Racial Difference in Deaths from GI Cancer.

Published Date: 27 May 2023

According to recently released data at the federal level, Medicaid expansion is linked to increased treatment and a decline in the death rate from gastrointestinal cancers among Black patients.

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