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The effects of the Medicaid expansion on state budgets: an early look in select states
The effects of the Medicaid expansion on state budgets: an early look in select states
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Dorn, Stan, author
Francis, Norton, author
Rudowitz, Robin, author
Snyder, Laura, author - Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body.
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, issuing body. - Publication:
- Menlo Park, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Budgets -- legislation & jurisprudence
Eligibility Determination -- legislation & jurisprudence
Financing, Government -- economics
Medicaid -- economics
Medicaid -- legislation & jurisprudence
Connecticut
New Mexico
United States
Washington
United States. - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- As enacted, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) broadened Medicaid's role, making it the foundation of coverage for nearly all low-income Americans with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) ($16,242 per year for an individual in 2015). However, the Supreme Court ruling on the ACA effectively made the decision to implement the Medicaid expansion an option for states. For those that expand, the federal government will pay 100 percent of Medicaid costs of those newly eligible for Medicaid from 2014 to 2016. The federal share gradually phases down to 90 percent in 2020, where it remains well above traditional federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) rates. As of March 2015, 29 states (including the District of Columbia) adopted the Medicaid expansion, though debate continues in other states. In deciding whether to implement the Medicaid expansion, the effect on state budgets has been a key issue for policy makers. However, isolating the full effects of the Medicaid expansion across all parts of the state budget has proven challenging. State-specific estimates of the Medicaid expansion were created with varying degrees of completeness; those that were complete found net fiscal gains, with state savings and revenues exceeding increased state costs. This brief looks beyond the estimates and examines the early budget effects of expansion in three states: Connecticut, New Mexico, and Washington State. The study was conducted during the Fall of 2014; budgets had been enacted for state fiscal year 2015, the first full state fiscal year with the Medicaid expansion in effect. Budget officials were also in the process of closing the books on SFY 2014, the latter half of which included the first 6 months of the Medicaid expansion in each of these states. These findings are based on interviews conducted with budget officials and staff in each of the three states; the interviews focused on their state's experiences in this early period, when the costs of those newly eligible are fully financed with federal dollars. Specifically, budget officials were asked about assumptions and early experiences with state savings and costs from the expansion across state budgets (within and outside of Medicaid) as well as the expansion's impact on state revenue.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages, 1 unnumbered page)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101655294 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101655294