The Republican-led Wisconsin Assembly has passed legislation to delay a scheduled Medicaid reform plan that will transition more than 70,000 residents out of the program.
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States that have chosen not to expand their Medicaid programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will miss out on billions in new federal funds, according to a study from The Commonwealth Fund.
In October, state agencies deemed roughly 1.46 million people eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to a CMS report.
Although most currently uninsured Americans say they plan to purchase coverage next year, 28 percent say they will likely pay the penalty for not having insurance rather than enroll in a health plan, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Americans younger than 30 are less familiar with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act than any other age group, according to a recent Gallup poll.
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The vast majority of Americans say the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has not affected them and their families so far, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Although South Carolina has decided not to expand Medicaid, state officials still predict the program will experience a 16 percent enrollment increase by the end of June 2015, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Most Americans view their personal healthcare situations more positively than they view the state of healthcare on a national level, according to a recent Gallup poll.
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An estimated 2.4 million Americans aged 19 to 34 will be newly eligible for Medicaid in states that expand their programs in 2014, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report.