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After one consumes food or a beverage containing fructose, the gastrointestinal system, or gut, helps to shield the liver from damage by breaking down the sugar before it reaches the liver, according to a new multi-center study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

“We know that Medicaid expansion helps lift financial burdens that hospitals face, but it wasn’t clear if those savings were being redirected back into the community because of it,” said first author Genevieve P. Kanter, PhD, an economist and assistant professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics, and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.