Back To ArticlesPennsylvania would lose over 61,000 jobs if the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion were eliminated, including nearly 28,000 jobs in healthcare and 33,000 jobs in other sectors.
Our analysis is based on several Pennsylvania studies and multiple national analyses finding that for every $200,000 in federal funding provided by Medicaid Expansion, one new healthcare job and 1.2 other jobs are created. According to these studies, reductions in Medicaid Expansion funding would lead to job losses at a similar rate.
States like Pennsylvania that have expanded their Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act have historically and consistently experienced growth in their labor markets. This growth occurs in both healthcare industry jobs and related jobs, as well as other critical industries that do not typically offer health insurance benefits like: childcare, home health care, school transportation, restaurants, construction, and agriculture.
Read the full report, including estimates of jobs created by Congressional District here.