The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will prohibit insurers from denying coverage to individuals who have pre-existing conditions beginning next year, but lawmakers are trying to put a law that would mandate that change by this year.
Expanding Medicaid to perhaps more than 1 million additional low-income individuals is a topic of debate for state politicians and healthcare providers, according to the report. The move would be federally funded for three years, with the state footing 10 percent of the bill after that.
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