States and Medicaid Expansion – IRP Poverty Dispatch

State alternatives to Obamacare, expanded Medicaid to get tested, By Jayne O’Donnell, December 22, 2016, USA Today: “Blocked sweat glands turn into searingly painful growths that send Brittany Young rushing back to the emergency room at Upson Regional Medical Center here. Young also has the chronic intestinal disease Crohn’s to contend with. Without a job or health insurance, the single mother can’t get the ongoing treatment needed to keep her Crohn’s from progressing. She’s visited the ER six times since losing her Medicaid coverage after her baby was born in June. Young says she has no money, so she pays nothing. ‘I guess someone ran the numbers and figured out it saves money to do it this way,’ says Anthony Marchetti, an Upson emergency physician who has treated Young…”
Montana may be model for future Medicaid work requirement, By Eric Whitney, December 23, 2016, National Public Radio: “Montana State Senator Ed Buttrey is a no-nonsense businessman from the central part of the state. Like a lot of Republicans, he’s not a fan of the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of Medicaid, health insurance for the poor and disabled…”