Medicaid expansion, health coverage, and spending: an update for the 21 states that have not expanded eligibility

Medicaid expansion, health coverage, and spending: an update for the 21 states that have not expanded eligibility

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
Author(s):
Buettgens, Matthew, author
Holahan, John, author
Recht, Hannah, 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, April 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance Coverage
Medicaid -- economics
Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data
United States
United States.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in June 2012 that states could effectively choose whether or not to accept the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid eligibility, that choice has been one of the most prominent and often one of the most contentious issues for states. In this report, we provide new projections of the impact of Medicaid expansion on health coverage, Medicaid enrollment, and costs in states that have not expanded Medicaid. We find that if the 21 states that have not expanded Medicaid as of April 2015 were to do so: (1) The number of nonelderly people enrolled in Medicaid would increase by nearly 7 million, or 40 percent. (2) 4.3 million fewer people would be uninsured. (3) There would be $472 billion more federal Medicaid spending from 2015 to 2024. (4) States would spend $38 billion more on Medicaid from 2015 to 2024. (5) Savings on reduced uncompensated care would offset between 13 and 25 percent of that additional state spending. (6) States would be able to realize other types of budgetary savings if they expanded Medicaid that are not included in this report.
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 (11 pages, 1 unnumbered page))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101658014 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101658014