The cost and coverage implications of the ACA Medicaid expansion: national and state-by-state analysis
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Holahan, John, author Buettgens, Matthew, author Carroll, Caitlin, author Dorn, Stan, author
- Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, issuing body .
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2012
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Insurance Coverage -- economics Medicaid -- economics Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- trends United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to significantly reduce the number of uninsured by providing a continuum of affordable coverage options through Medicaid and new Health Insurance Exchanges. Following the June 2012 Supreme Court decision, states face a decision about whether to adopt the Medicaid expansion. These decisions will have enormous consequences for health coverage for the low-income population. This analysis uses the Urban Institute's Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (HIPSM) to provide national as well as state-by-state estimates of the impact of the ACA on federal and state Medicaid costs, Medicaid enrollment, and the number of uninsured. The analysis shows that the impact of the ACA Medicaid expansion will vary across states based on current coverage levels and the number of uninsured. It also shows that by implementing the Medicaid expansion with other provisions of the ACA, states could significantly reduce the number of uninsured. Overall state costs of implementing the Medicaid expansion would be modest compared to increases in federal funds, and many states are likely to see small net budget gains.
- 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 (56 pages, 1 unnumbered page))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101598347 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101598347