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Sample included individuals who enrolled January\u2013June 2019, were aged 19\u201364\u2009years, remained continuously enrolled for 12\u2009months, and completed a Medicaid Member Health Screening (MMHS) conducted within the first 3\u2009months of enrollment (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200914,735).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective cohort study. Outcomes included any primary care visits (PC) and any emergency department (ED) visits in the first 12\u2009months of enrollment. The MMHS sample was weighted to represent all Medicaid expansion members (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009234,296). Separate multivariable linear probability models regressed having any PC or ED visits on food and housing insecurity controlling for individual and neighborhood characteristics. Models were then stratified by rurality and racial residential segregation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Data Collection<\/jats:title><jats:p>None.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Principal Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Food insecurity was negatively associated with having any PC visit (\u22122.9 percentage points (PP); <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2010value &lt;0.01) and positively associated with having any ED visit (7.0 PP; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2010value &lt;0.001). No significant relationships between PC or ED visits and housing insecurity were found. Suburban and urban individuals with food insecurity were significantly less likely to have any PC visit (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 each). Medicaid expansion members living in disproportionately low\u2010income or mixed\u2010income neighborhoods experiencing food insecurity were also less likely to have any PC visits (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05), and the same was not true for those living in disproportionately high\u2010income neighborhoods.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Food insecurity among Medicaid expansion members is associated with less primary care and more emergency department use, but these relationships differ by the neighborhoods in which members live. 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