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Analysis on Medicaid Expansion from the Affordable Care Act and the Effect on Low-Income Populations

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  • When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, eligibility for Medicaid was expanded to include people whose income was less than 138% of the federal poverty level. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs or not. The objective of this study was to review existing literature to analyze the effect of Medicaid’s expansion from the Affordable Care Act on access to healthcare of low-income citizens in states that chose to expand their program compared to states that chose not to expand their program. When Medicaid expansion went into effect in 2014, the uninsured rate in the U.S. dropped rapidly. The changes in the uninsured rate affected low-income and Hispanic Americans more than any other demographic. California and Texas were analyzed as case studies because California expanded their program while Texas is one of 12 states that still has not expanded Medicaid. Overall, low-income residents in California were able to access medical care more frequently than low-income residents of Texas after the Affordable Care Act was passed. This should not be the case and political pressure should be placed on states that have not yet expanded their Medicaid programs.
  • Keywords: health insurance, Affordable Care Act, low-income
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