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Although Medicaid expansion under ACA was a de jure voluntary initiative for states, it was intended to be implemented nationally. [26] Opponents of the legislation described the conditioning of the increased funding for Medicaid on states opting into expansion as unconstitutionally coercive, making Medicaid expansion effectively mandatory.
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
From that study, states that took Medicaid expansion "saved the lives of at least 19,200 adults aged 55 to 64 over the four-year period from 2014 to 2017." [245] Further, 15,600 older adults died prematurely in the states that did not enact Medicaid expansion in those years according to the NBER research. "The lifesaving impacts of Medicaid ...
How did NC get to this Medicaid expansion deal? Here’s the breakdown of the years-long battle between Gov. Cooper, Sen. Berger and Speaker Moore. NC Medicaid expansion battle: Timeline of Cooper ...
Where Your State Stands. Between December 2013 and December 2016, the national uninsured rate fell from 17.3 percent to 10.8 percent. The decrease is much greater in states that expanded Medicaid, and the gap between the top and bottom states has grown.
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block.
Several states have trigger laws where if federal funding drops, so would Medicaid expansion. NC 1 of 9 states that could halt Medicaid expansion if Trump cuts funding Skip to main content
For states that do expand Medicaid, the law provides that the federal government will pay for 100% of the expansion for the first three years, then gradually reduce its subsidy to 90% by 2020. [90] [91] As of August 2016, 31 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid. [76] (See: State rejections of Medicaid expansion).