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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Medicaid Expansion

Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion leading to health insurance boom in some states, By Dan Mangan, July 20, 2016, CNBC: “The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld most of Obamacare also rejected the section of the Affordable Care Act that would have compelled states to expand eligibility in their Medicaid programs to nearly all poor adults.  That part of the ruling received far less public attention — but it’s that part that likely has had the biggest impact on states over the past four years…”