Editing Poverty threshold (section)

====Poverty mobility and healthcare====
Health Affairs along with analysis by Georgetown found that public assistance does counteract poverty threats between 2010 and 2015.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2018/03/08/research-update-medicaid-pulls-americans-out-of-poverty-updated-edition/|title=Research Update: Medicaid Pulls Americans Out Of Poverty, Updated Edition|date=8 March 2018|website=Center For Children and Families|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> In regards to Medicaid, [[child poverty]] is decreased by 5.3%, and Hispanic and Black poverty by 6.1% and 4.9% respectively.<ref name=":6" /> The reduction of family poverty also has the highest decrease with Medicaid over other public assistance programs.<ref name=":6" /> Expanding state Medicaid decreased the amount individuals paid by an average of $42, while it increased the costs to $326 for people not in expanded states. The same study analyzed showed 2.6 million people were kept out of poverty by the effects of Medicaid.<ref name=":6" /> From a 2013–2015 study, expansion states showed a smaller gap in health insurance between households making below $25,000 and above $75,000.<ref name=":7">{{cite journal |last1=Griffith |first1=Kevin |last2=Evans |first2=Leigh |last3=Bor |first3=Jacob |title=The Affordable Care Act Reduced Socioeconomic Disparities In Health Care Access |journal=Health Affairs |date=August 2017 |volume=36 |issue=8 |pages=1503–1510 |doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0083 |pmid=28747321 |pmc=8087201 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Expansion also significantly reduced the gap of having a primary care physician between impoverished and higher income individuals.<ref name=":7" /> In terms of education level and employment, health insurance differences were also reduced.<ref name=":7" /> Non-expansion also showed poor residents went from a 22% chance of being uninsured to 66% from 2013 to 2015.<ref name=":7" />