When the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was enacted in 2010 it required all states to expand their Medicaid programs to include people with incomes slightly higher than those allowed under traditional Medicaid, as well as groups, like childless adults, that had not previously been covered. In 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that forcing States to expand their Medicaid coverage was unconstitutional. Since then 22 states have expanded their coverage and more than 35 have opted not to do so. Proponents of the expansion argue that it will lower healthcare costs for everyone by reducing the number of Americans without health insurance. Opponents argue that states should be allowed to run their own Medicaid programs without the intervention of the federal government.
61% Yes |
39% No |
50% Yes |
31% No |
6% Yes, but only increase for the elderly and disabled |
4% No, and each state should decide their own level of coverage |
4% Yes, but I prefer switching to a single payer healthcare system |
3% No, and eligibility should only include the elderly and disabled |
1% No, and the federal government should not increase funding for any social programs |
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0% No, and abolish Medicaid |
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@8HHQPHG4yrs4Y
i mean i get that the government wants to help them but it doesn't make since while one person is struggling while helping them by raising the taxs on other citizens causing half of the us falling to save one person
@8LZ2VYL3yrs3Y
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@9DBVZNS8mos8MO
Reform the system don’t add more money
@8X97FN72yrs2Y
the government would not have to spend so much money for medicaid if they regulated insurance companies more. Patents on medicine should be illegal and healthcare for those who are unemployed should be for US citizens who cannot work and their employers cannot supply acceptable healthcare benefits
@8FR53X54yrs4Y
Yes but the current guidelines are trash and to easy to screw the statem
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A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the worst rate of infant mortality in the U.S.The “presumptive eligibility” legislation signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves will become law July 1. It says Medicaid will pay for a pregnant woman’s outpatient medical care for up to 60 days while her application for the government-funded insurance program is being considered.Processing Medicaid applications can take weeks, and physicians say early prenatal care is vital.The advocacy group Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable praised the new law, which passed the Republican-controlled Legislature with bipartisan support.“This represents a significant step forward in the effort to create better health for women and their families,” the group said in a statement.Black infants in Mississippi were nearly twice as likely as white ones to die over the past decade, according to a report unveiled Jan. 18 by the state Department of Health.Presumptive Medicaid eligibility during pregnancy would be based on questions about income, asked by health care providers such county health department workers. If a woman’s Medicaid application is ultimately rejected because her income is too high, Medicaid would still pay for services provided during the time of presumptive eligibility.
@NourishingProgressive4mos4MO
Starting Jan. 1, all undocumented immigrants, regardless of age, will qualify for Medi-Cal, California's version of the federal Medicaid program for people with low incomes.Previously, undocumented immigrants were not qualified to receive comprehensive health insurance but were allowed to receive…
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