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ACA's Medicaid Expansion Is Much More Expensive Than Anticipated

ACA's Medicaid Expansion Is Much More Expensive Than Anticipated

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The implementation of major legislation such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) often results in fiscal outcomes that differ significantly from prior projections.Whenever this happens it leads to many questions, much confusion, and several claims and counter-claims.Rarely is it immediately clear whether the law is working differently than envisioned, or whether the unexpected outcomes are due to inevitable projection errors having nothing to do with the law.


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People In Medicaid Expansion States Healthier Than Those Without It

People In Medicaid Expansion States Healthier Than Those Without It

A new study suggests that low-income people living in states with Obamacare's Medicaid expansion are healthier than those in states without it, the New York Times reported.The study's authors — who published their results in JAMA Internal Medicine Monday — were hesitant to say that Medicaid expansion prompted the results, the Times said, but the low-income people surveyed in expansion states Kentucky and Arkansas reported feeling healthier than those in Texas, a non-expansion state.The study comes as another report released Monday by the Urban Institute estimated that for every $1 state spends on its Medicaid expansion program, it brings in $7 to $8 in federal spending.


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Report: Medicaid Expansion Would Be A Financial Boon In Ga.

Report: Medicaid Expansion Would Be A Financial Boon In Ga.

Georgia could pull down $8 to $9 from the federal government for every one state dollar it spends to expand Medicaid, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit looked at Georgia and the 18 other states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.The findings show Georgia could get from $8.86 to $9.42 for every state dollar it spends to expand the federal health program that covers the poor and disabled, depending on how many people enroll in the program.


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Unsurprisingly, Medicaid Expansion Helps Poor People Get More Medical Care

Unsurprisingly, Medicaid Expansion Helps Poor People Get More Medical Care

Noam Levey reports on some new research about Medicaid expansion:"The effects of expanding coverage will be an unfolding story over time," said Dr. Benjamin Sommers, lead author of the study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine....Sommers and other researchers at Harvard University have been tracking the effect of Medicaid expansion by surveying some 9,000 poor residents in Arkansas and Kentucky, both of which expanded Medicaid eligibility, and in Texas, which has rejected the expansion.In Arkansas and Kentucky, the share of poor adults without health insurance plummeted between 2013 and 2015, from more than 40% in both states to 14% in Arkansas and less than 9% in Kentucky.In Texas, by contrast, the uninsured rate dropped only from 39% to 32%.