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[12] [13] Softening the eligibility requirements for Medicaid was a central goal of the ACA, [14] forming a two-pronged policy along with subsidized private insurance via health insurance marketplaces to expand health insurance coverage in the U.S. [15] [7] [3] The Medicaid expansion provision of the ACA allowed states to lower the income ...
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) muscles a Medicaid expansion through the legislature, prompting a legal challenge from angered Republican legislators that a court later rejects. Sept. 2013. Iowa and Michigan follow Arkansas’ lead when their Republican governors and legislatures enact privatized variations of the Medicaid expansion. Oct. 2013
2.6 million were in the "coverage gap" due to the 19 states that chose not to expand the Medicaid program under the ACA/Obamacare, meaning their income was above the Medicaid eligibility limit but below the threshold for subsidies on the ACA exchanges (~44% to 100% of the federal poverty level or FPL); 5.4 million were undocumented immigrants;
In September 2019, the Census Bureau reported that states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA had considerably lower uninsured rates than states that did not. For example, for adults between 100% and 399% of poverty level, the uninsured rate in 2018 was 12.7% in expansion states and 21.2% in non-expansion states.
One poor, rural state is poised for a new distinction: to be the first state to save money by reducing the number of people on Medicaid.
Over 3 million Americans could lose health coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion if President-elect Donald Trump pulls funding that would trigger automatic eliminations in ...
Medicaid expansion is coming -- but not the way Obamacare predicted. The Affordable Care Act hoped to broaden Medicaid to include any patients under the age of 65 with earnings that fall below 133 ...
The Court ruled that implementing taxes in order to pay for health insurance for all citizens was an unconstitutional exercise of Congress's power under Article I. [94] If the expansion eventually succeeds, Medicaid would become a fully federal program with new federal eligibility standards. This would alleviate the responsibility of state ...