MEDICAID EXPANSION

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Ideas

The Supreme Court Blocked Mandatory Medicaid Expansion. A New Study Finds That Cost 15,000 Lives.

When the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare's Medicaid expansion was optional, 13 states opted out.

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Social Justice

HIV Rates Are Rising in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid

Dramatically reducing HIV infections in the next decade will prove very difficult—and may be impossible with cuts to Medicaid or the repeal of the ACA.

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Economics

Could Medicaid for All Work as a Path to Universal Coverage?

A new study suggests that states already have broad legal authority to expand Medicaid access.

A group of activists rally against the GOP health-care plan on July 5th, 2017, in New York City.
Social Justice

Thanks to the 2018 Elections, More States Are Expanding Medicaid

Until American health care becomes truly universal, Medicaid expansion is the best way for states to safeguard the most vulnerable populations.