A study by UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers shows that personal income increased 9.6% for those who became newly eligible for Medicaid in states that expanded Medicaid in 2014. But this study, led by Health Policy and Management doctoral candidate Stacy Chen, is the first to examine the impact of the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid benefits on income. In 2014, 23 states expanded access to Medicaid (18 states that expanded access before or after 2014 were not included as part of this study. The ACA’s Medicaid expansion increased income eligibility thresholds for parents, from 106% to 138% of the federal poverty level on average and, for the first time, allowed low-income childless adults to enroll. Income for newly eligible individuals in those states were compared to income for those who would have been expanded in the 10 states who chose not to expand access to Medicaid.