2.3 million people would gain health coverage in 2024 if 10 states were to expand Medicaid eligibility

2.3 million people would gain health coverage in 2024 if 10 states were to expand Medicaid eligibility

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Urban Institute research report
Author(s):
Buettgens, Matthew, author
Ramchandani, Urmi, author
Contributor(s):
Health Policy Center (Urban Institute), issuing body.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Urban Institute, October 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Eligibility Determination -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Equity
Health Policy
Medicaid -- legislation & jurisprudence
Medicaid -- organization & administration
Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Under the Affordable Care Act, states have the option to expand Medicaid eligibility to nonelderly people with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. As of the time of writing, only 10 states had not agreed to do so: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. A 2022 voter referendum approved Medicaid expansion in South Dakota, which took effect in July 2023. In March 2023, the governor of North Carolina signed Medicaid expansion into law. This brief examines coverage in 2024, hence, we consider North Carolina and South Dakota as Medicaid expansion states. Governors, legislators, and other stakeholders in many of the nonexpansion states are actively debating Medicaid expansion.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (vii, 31 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918734184106676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734184106676