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Childless adults biggest winners under Medicaid expansion

Medicaid expansion has been particularly beneficial to low-income adults without children, many of whom had not been previously able to obtain coverage through their employers.

Low-income children miss regular doctor visits

Last year, 63 percent of children on Medicaid received at least one medical screening, a number that falls way below the Department of Health and Human Services' goal of 80 percent, according to a federal report.