Vir: CNN, Who loses out under Obamacare?

Morali bi slediti histeriji, ki jo zganjajo republikanci ob uvajanju variante splošnega zdravstvenega zavarovanja (Obamacare). O negativnem angažmaju Heritage Foundation sem že pisal. Tale članek na CNN Who loses out under Obamacare? pa pokaže, v katerih državah bodo ameriški državljani sploh pridobili z Obamacare (s širitvijo storitev Medicaid) in v katerih posamezne zvezne države nasprotujejo širitvi Medicaid.

But a Supreme Court ruling in June 2012 left it up to each state to decide whether to expand … and only 23 states and the District of Columbia chose to do so. In these places, Obamacare will work as originally envisioned.

The problem lies in that the law does not allow those under the poverty level to receive subsidies for the exchanges if their state doesn’t expand Medicaid. These people will not be charged a penalty for not having health insurance.

Very few non-disabled, working-age adults qualify for Medicaid now. While eligibility varies by state, many do not cover childless adults and only provide insurance to parents with very low-incomes.

Take Texas, which has the highest number of uninsured residents in the nation and some of the most restrictive Medicaid eligibility rules. To qualify, working parents can make no more than 25% of the federal poverty level, or $4,770 for a family of three, while jobless parents can make no more than 12%, or $2,290, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Were the state to expand Medicaid, enrollment would jump by 1.5 million people in 2016, according Urban Institute estimates. But Texas is one of the states that has opted out of the expansion.

Vir: CNN

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Update:

In 1966 (when Medicaid began), 26 states were in program. Today, 26 states plan to expand program in 2014 underObamacare.

Phil Galewitz (@philgalewitz)