2010New England Journal of MedicineOpen access

Medicaid Expansion — The Soft Underbelly of Health Care Reform?

Benjamin D. Sommers, Arnold M. Epstein

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The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid to cover all adults with family incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level. But insurance eligibility doesn't always translate into enrollment, and heterogeneity among state Medicaid programs makes the outcome uncertain.

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The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid to cover all adults with family incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level. But insurance eligibility doesn't always translate into enrollment, and heterogeneity among state Medicaid programs makes the outcome uncertain.

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The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid to cover all adults with family incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level. But insurance eligibility doesn't always translate into enrollment, and heterogeneity among state Medicaid programs makes the outcome uncertain.

Key concepts: Medicaid, Poverty, Poverty level, Health insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicine, Cover (algebra), State (computer science)

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