For those who have enrolled in Delaware’s Medicaid program since the Affordable Care Act women overwhelm men by a 2 to 1 margin.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that the numbers at a monthly Delaware Health Care Commission meeting found that by the end of January 63 percent of the nearly 10-thousand new enrollees were women.
Nina DeVoe with the Delaware Commission for Women told the paper that this appeared to be the result of the issues that are facing women.
Meanwhile, others at the meeting stressed that his revealed the importance of educational and job opportunities for women.
