The ACA expanded Medicaid eligibility for most low-income adults to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. States decide whether or not they want to adopt the expansion.
Here are the 12 states yet to adopt Medicaid expansion, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s tracker:
1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Kansas
5. Mississippi
6. North Carolina
7. South Carolina
8. South Dakota
9. Tennessee
10. Texas
11. Wisconsin (has expanded to 100 percent of FPL)
12. Wyoming
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