States and Medicaid Expansion – IRP Poverty Dispatch

Medicaid report finds more recipient ease of use in expansion states, By Richard Craver, June 22, 2016, Winston-Salem Journal: “The latest in a series of federal reports on the benefits of Medicaid expansion determined that it can reduce third-party debt collections by $600 to $1,000 per individual. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report, released Tuesday, also found that compared with 19 non-expansion states such as North Carolina, Medicaid enrollees in 31 expansion states saw an increase in preventive service visits and access to Medicaid prescription drug refills…”
Bevin unveils plan to reshape Medicaid in Ky., By Deborah Yetter, June 22, 2016, Louisville Courier-Journal: “Gov. Matt Bevin on Wednesday announced sweeping changes to the state’s $10 billion-a-year Medicaid program, saying he will seek permission from the federal government to reshape the federal-state health program that covers about 1.3 million Kentuckians. Bevin, in a press conference at the Capitol Rotunda, hailed his proposal for a ‘waiver’ from the federal government to revise Kentucky’s Medicaid plan as an opportunity ‘to come up with what is going to be truly a transformative and sustainable and fantastic program…'”