Medicaid cut proponents misunderstood this important study

There’s been much discussion and debate about the cuts to Medicaid eligibility that Congress just passed and, in particular, what they may mean for current Medicaid recipients. A key piece of evidence in this debate has been results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (OHIE), a randomized trial, which I helped lead, examining the impact of covering low-income uninsured adults with Medicaid for one to two years. While it’s always…