Study suggests Affordable Health Care Act making people healthier

(WISH) – A new study suggests the Affordable Health Care Act may be making people healthier.

The study compared low-income people in Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas.

Arkansas and Kentucky expanded medicaid insurance to everyone under the Affordable Care Act, Texas did not.

Researchers found that people in Arkansas and Kentucky are more likely to consider themselves healthy, compared to people in Texas. They also found that people were more likely to use outpatient services and preventative care, and less likely to use the emergency room for regular visits.CNN contributed to this report.