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Supporting Medicaid Expansion for State Health Care Coverage

Understand the benefits of expanding Medicaid to provide health insurance for low-income uninsured adults. States can take advantage of federal government funding to cover the costs initially. Discover why this expansion is crucial for public health and decision-making.

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Supporting Medicaid Expansion for State Health Care Coverage

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  1. More Support Than Oppose Their State Expanding Medicaid As you may know, the health care law expands Medicaid to provide health insurance to more low-income uninsured adults. The federal government will initially pay the entire cost of this expansion, and after several years, states will pay 10 percent and the federal government will pay 90 percent. The Supreme Court ruled that states may choose whether or not to participate in this expansion. What do you think your state should do? NOTE: Other/Neither (vol.) and Don’t know/Refused answers not shown. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)

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