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The partial medicaid expansion coverage of the ACA isn't actually putting people on medicaid, it is subsidizing private insurance at a percentage of cost. If yo
by zanny 9y ago
The partial medicaid expansion coverage of the ACA isn't actually putting people on medicaid, it is subsidizing private insurance at a percentage of cost. If you hit 100% of the ACA subsidy you are in medicaid territory, if you are up to 4x poverty you get a diminishing % of your insurance bill paid by the state.
My Dad has a $750/month plan but only pays $150 because of the medicaid subsidy in PA from the ACA for his income bracket.
- jonknee 9y agoHow it works depends on the state because a lot of Republican governors wanted to stick it to Obama and poor people by not expanding Medicaid as intended under the ACA. That said, the Medicaid expansion definitely puts people on Medicaid! That's a big part of the reason why it's politically suicidal to repeal the ACA. http://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/what-coverage-and-financing-at-risk-under-repeal-of-aca-medicaid-expansion/ http://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/what-coverage-and-fi... > Between Summer 2013, just prior to the ACA, and September 2016, there was a net increase in Medicaid and CHIP enrollment of 15.7 million people.