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Of the 10 states that haven’t expanded Medicaid, seven are in the South. ... and the state would have had to apply for the waiver from CMS every year, hoping for approval under a future ...
South Carolina is among 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility to cover all adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level, as the 2010 federal health care law known as ...
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
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
Expand Medicaid eligibility up the income ladder (to 133% of the poverty line in the Senate bill and 150% in the House bill) Offer tax credits to certain small businesses (under 25 workers) who provide employees with health insurance; Impose a penalty on employers who do not offer health insurance to their workers
But a crucial Supreme Court ruling in 2012 granted states the power to reject the Medicaid expansion, entrenching a two-tiered health care system in America, where the uninsured rate remains disproportionately high in mainly Republican-led Southern and Southwestern states.
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012), is a landmark [2] [3] [4] United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court upheld Congress's power to enact most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly called Obamacare, [5] [6] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA), including a requirement for most ...
The expansion of Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act made adults with incomes of up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or about $20,783 for an individual, eligible in 2024, according to ...