Medicaid expansion and health care access for individuals with obesity in the United States

This study aimed to evaluate associations of Medicaid expansion with health care access for adults with obesity and to explore racial/ethnic differences in these changes in health care access. Medicaid expansion was associated with improvements in health care access, including lower proportions of those without a usual source of care and cost as a barrier to medical care. Medicaid expansion was associated with significant improvements in health care access among adults with obesity, but these improvements were variable across race and ethnicity.