Reposted by Priya Chidambaram
NEW @kff.org analysis finds a congressional proposal to eliminate the ACA Medicaid expansion could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to nearly one-fifth, or $1.9 trillion, over a 10-year period, and end Medicaid coverage for as many as 20 million people.
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Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate: State-by-State Estimates | KFF
This analysis examines the potential impacts on states and Medicaid enrollees of eliminating the 90% federal match rate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion. Eliminating the federal match rate ...
![quote 1: We shouldn’t have to suffer because of somebody wanting to propose cuts to it, you know, because we, we didn’t do anything. So, you know, let it, it can come from somewhere else. I just, I would oppose it. – 60-year-old, Black male (Trump voter, Missouri)
quote 2: People would be unable to take care of themselves and be healthy and get mental health issues taken care of, to get vision and dental; people would suffer. They wouldn’t be able to work. And the economy would suffer. – 55-year-old, White female (Trump voter, Oklahoma)
quote 3: I would oppose [cutting Medicaid] just because there’s a lot of people who need it, who would be affected by it negatively. – 29-year-old, White male (Trump voter, Pennsylvania)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e6yd2ulnejydqlqmicmikvrn/bafkreibu5hlbwgvlog5mkzaozc45gpc5k7hlryab6of4tn3kd52zi2t4ia)
