Future expansion of the Medicaid Reform health care

Future expansion of the Medicaid Reform health care -

Although the decision of the Supreme Court on Medicaid will continue to assess - States are already responding . Iowa and Florida have already announced they will not expand their Medicaid program -. At the time this article is published another state may agree to do the same

What this means for the people of these states?

Residents of Iowa and Florida who qualified for the Medicaid expansion may now be eligible for subsidies on health insurance exchanges. But these people will have to pay out of pocket for health insurance and will receive subsidies for coverage. If consumers do not purchase coverage they will be fined from 2014 or prove that they could not afford it.

Are there unintended consequences?
He certainly could have unintended consequences for states not participating in the Medicaid expansion :. 1) persons who travel to countries where they are eligible for Medicaid and free health coverage, 2) the federal government can spend more on subsidies than originally anticipated because more people will be eligible

Why would not the states to expand Medicaid?
in the past two years, many states have worked to reduce their benefits and current Medicaid payments to hospitals and health care providers. The recession, many state budgets were pinched by Medicaid and found it to be unstable.

But for the first few years of expansion, the federal government would pick up the full cost and then slowly make the States pay part of the cost. So, the decision could be purely political.

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