The striking new evidence that expanding health coverage reduces crime

by Dylan Scott at Vox

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/10/16455304/voxcare-expanding-health-coverage-reduces-crime

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Incidents of reported violent crimes decreased 5 percent, per 100,000 people, in Medicaid expansion states compared to non-expansion states.

Incidents of property crime decreased by 3 percent
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Homicide, aggravated assault, robbery, and vehicle theft all saw statistically significant declines.

At the county level, counties that saw bigger coverage gains saw bigger crime reductions: A 1 percent gain in coverage correlated to a 0.7 percent drop in violent crime.

Vogler used some back-of-the-napkin math to estimate that this decrease in crime led to $400 million in savings to society, based on existing estimates of how much different crimes "cost."


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