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Today’s R&D covers Medicaid, the federal program that provides health insurance coverage for poor Americans. As part of the Affordable Care Act states were encouraged to expand Medicaid enrollment to those Americans makes less than 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). The original legislation threatened to strip states of Medicaid funding if they refused expansion, but the Supreme Court found this provision to be unconstitutional. The federal government is paying 100% of the cost of Medicaid expansion until 2017 and then pays for 90% of the costs until 2022. Twenty states have opted not to expand Medicaid, with some governors citing concerns about the state costs of expanding the program in future years.
Interesting @sarahnferris point: Dem GOV candidates have promised to expand Medicaid in FL, ME, KS, WI and GA — http://t.co/wvdjxzHnOp
— Reid Wilson (@PostReid) September 12, 2014
As @samsteinhp and @SamLachman note, GOP Sen candidates pulling homina homina homina on Medicaid expansion: http://t.co/10dNUlYQWJ — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 18, 2014
GOP voter in KY hates Obama, but on Medicaid expansion, she says: “I’m tickled to death with it” http://t.co/LHIREfiScr — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 17, 2014
Today’s Health Care Edge: People love the Medicaid expansion http://t.co/E0vrZ9zQLD — National Journal (@nationaljournal) September 12, 2014
Charlie Crist says he’s exploring whether he can expand Medicaid in Florida by executive order if he wins gov’s race: http://t.co/MAOtKT8wnM — Abby Goodnough (@abbygoodnough) September 15, 2014
.@nkaeding weighs in on Arkansas’ budget-busting Medicaid expansion…. http://t.co/E56aE2A5y2 #spending — Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 12, 2014
Memo to @SpeakerHowell: Washington Post Editorial Blasts Virginia GOP for Blocking Medicaid for 400,000 http://t.co/HZuPk42ts0 — VAPolitical (@VAPolitical) September 10, 2014
#Medicaid expansion matters: Uninsured rate in states that took expansion was 14.1% in ’13. Was 17.3% in non-expansion states. #Obamacare
— Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) September 16, 2014
Medicaid Bankruptcy Ruling Could Bolster Health-Care Turnarounds http://t.co/ilPad6BfvJ
— Joel Landau (@Joelandau80) September 23, 2014
Medicaid gives the poor a reason to say no thanks http://t.co/nLn52q9gAS pic.twitter.com/CtMPROyVIA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 22, 2014