Health reform was an essential step to reduce the type of work disincentives that House Republicans decried as they rolled out their new poverty plan. That’s because health reform’s Medicaid expansion lets the working poor earn more and still retain health coverage.
Before health reform, Medicaid coverage for poor adults was extremely limited. Non-disabled adults could get Medicaid...
Several states are considering adopting features of the federal waiver through which Indiana has expanded Medicaid — such as setting up accounts modeled on health savings accounts for each beneficiary, delaying coverage until beneficiaries pay premiums tied to their incomes, and ending coverage for some beneficiaries if they don’t pay their premiums. But Indiana has had trouble implementing...
Oklahoma’s Senate is considering legislation, which its House passed last week, to end Medicaid coverage for 110,000 very low-income parents. But...
An updated policy for how the federal government helps finance the costs of Medicaid services for American Indians and Alaska Natives will improve the delivery of care and save states money.
Medicaid plays a critical role in providing health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives; a quarter of...
In just two years, health reform’s Medicaid expansion has helped states make big gains in health coverage, increase access to health care services among poor adults, and save money.
Louisiana’s new governor, John Bel Edwards, signed an executive order today to expand Medicaid as part of health reform, effective July 1. That will make 292,000 uninsured, low-income Louisianans eligible for Medicaid coverage, according to estimates from the...
Poor adults in states that have expanded Medicaid as part of health reform have greater access to health care services and fewer problems paying their medical bills, and hospitals there are admitting fewer uninsured patients, two new studies published in Health Affairs show. These findings provide more evidence that Medicaid expansion is improving the health of beneficiaries, as well...
The budget reconciliation bill that Senate Republican leaders will reportedly propose tomorrow would repeal health reform’s Medicaid expansion in 2018. That would reverse the gains of the 30 expansion states (plus the District of Columbia) in providing health coverage to millions of their...
Nearly 120,000 poor veterans don’t have access to affordable health coverage because they live in the 20 states that haven’t adopted health reform’s Medicaid expansion, our analysis of Census Bureau data shows.
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