- No Medicaid expansion could create health care gaps, By Kelly Kennedy, April 40, 2014, USA Today: “States that have not expanded their Medicaid programs as part of the Affordable Care Act risk larger-than-ever gaps in overall health between residents of their states and those that have expanded Medicaid, a report released Wednesday shows. Nine of the top 13 states in overall health have expanded Medicaid, while three in the lowest 12 have not expanded, according to the report by the Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit group studying U.S. health care…”
- Time is growing short for 100% Medicaid match, By Tom Wilemon, April 28, 2014, The Tennessean: “Talks continue between Gov. Bill Haslam’s staff and federal officials about how Tennessee can receive Medicaid expansion money, but time is running out for the state to get the full benefit. Tennessee began losing out on $6.1 million a day on Jan. 1, when the federal government began picking up all the cost for covering people who newly qualify for Medicaid under expanded guidelines — an offer that goes away at the end of 2016. Accepting the federal offer would provide health insurance to an estimated 161,560 Tennesseans, who account for 24 percent of the uninsured adults in this state, according to Kaiser Health News…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty