WVU in the News: In West Virginia, Obamacare is about more than public health. It’s a matter of economic stability.

In West Virginia, public health and economics are especially intertwined.

Since the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) was enacted in 2010, the law has funded treatment for substance use disorders, expanded black lung benefits and  provided health insurance to 20 million Americans who were previously uninsured.

But in West Virginia, the law has also brought billions of federal dollars into the state.

Now, a lawsuit arguing the ACA is unconstitutional could take those dollars — and jobs — away. 

Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership Assistant Professor Lindsay Allen, PhD, discusses the economic effects in West Virginia of potential changes to the ACA in this article from Mountain State Spotlight.

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