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Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021025_medicaid_states/health-insurance-millions-could-vanish-as-states-put-medicaid-expansion-chopping-block/
With the federal government set on reducing spending on public health insurance for low-income people, some states are already moving to end or shrink their expanded Medicaid programs, and trigger laws would automatically end Medicaid expansion if federal funding is cut.
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@TucsonSentinel Under the ACA’s Medicaid expansion program, states can extend coverage to adults making up to 138% of the federal poverty level — about $21,000 a year for a single person — and the federal government will cover 90% of the costs for those newly eligible enrollees. States kick in the rest.
In Indiana, there is a trigger law that will repeal Medicaid expansion if federal funding is cut. Thousands of poor Hoosiers will lose their health benefits.
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