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Medicaid expansion in Utah remained an undecided issue in the state government in the aftermath of NFIB v. Sebelius. [94] [95] The Republican-controlled state legislature was staunchly opposed to Medicaid expansion due to its costs and distrust of the federal government. [94]
As public support for expansion continues to grow in holdout states, North Carolina, the most recent Southern state to pass Medicaid expansion, may offer a glimpse of the future.
Kansas one of 10 states to not expand Medicaid. Medicaid expansion would allow an estimated 152,000 more low-income Kansans to receive coverage under the government health care program, according ...
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." [246] 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 ...
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 ...
Mississippi is among 10 states that haven’t expanded Medicaid eligibility to include people earning up to 138% of. ... Reeves has long opposed Medicaid expansion, saying he does not want more ...
March 2010. President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act. The law includes the largest expansion of Medicaid coverage for poor adults in the program’s history. The ACA creates a new minimum standard allowing legal U.S. residents with incomes just above the poverty level to enroll in the program.
So far, 38 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted Medicaid expansion programs. If North Carolina expanded its Medicaid access, roughly half a million uninsured residents would qualify for coverage.