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.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Louisiana Will Be the Next Southern State to Expand Medicaid
January 12, 2016
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...
More Evidence of Medicaid Expansion’s Positive Effects
January 11, 2016
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...
Repealing Health Reform’s Medicaid Expansion Would Reverse Historic Coverage Gains, Harm State Budgets
December 2, 2015
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...
Veterans’ Health Coverage Lags in States That Haven’t Expanded Medicaid
November 10, 2015
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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Medicaid Expansion Helping Drive Further Gains in Kids’ Health Coverage
October 28, 2015
The uninsured rate among children fell to a historic low of 6 percent in 2014 as health reform’s major coverage expansions took effect, the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families’ annual report on children’s health coverage finds. That’s down from 7.1 percent in 2013 and...
State Medicaid Spending Still Growing Slower in Expansion States
October 16, 2015
For the third straight year, states that have expanded their Medicaid programs as part of health reform expect their state Medicaid spending to grow more slowly than states that haven’t expanded, a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds. It also finds that expansion has produced...
Michigan’s Proposed Medicaid Changes Threaten Progress
September 16, 2015
Michigan’s proposed changes to its Medicaid expansion, which are all unnecessary, would raise out-of-pocket costs beyond what beneficiaries can likely afford, while making the program needlessly hard for the state to administer. Michigan’s expansion has been...
Alaska’s Medicaid Expansion Takes Effect Today
September 1, 2015
Beginning today, low-income uninsured Alaskans can apply for health coverage because of Governor Bill Walker’s decision to expand Medicaid as part of health reform. This makes Alaska the 29th state (plus the District of Columbia) to implement the expansion (see map...
Arizona’s Proposed Medicaid Waiver Jeopardizes Recent Health Coverage Gains
August 12, 2015
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid expansion that would make it harder for low-income people to stay enrolled in health coverage. Gov. Ducey’s proposal goes far beyond the flexibility that the federal government has granted to...
