The authors ultimately found that all-cause mortality declined by a whopping 6.1 percent, or 19.6 per 100,000 people, after expansion, including a 4.53 percent decline for white residents and an 11.36 percent decline for nonwhite residents. Sommers concluded that “2840 deaths [were] prevented per year in states with Medicaid expansions” compared to similar states that rejected expansion.1
