Monday, May 27, 2013

Medicaid Expansion Battle Moves to the State Legislatures

Where the States Stand
Via: The Advisory Board Company 

The Maine legislature has passed Medicaid expansion that Gov. Paul LePage R says he will veto.  The Medicaid expansion map from the advisory board company has now filled up with 26 states saying they will participate (in dark blue above), 1 (New York) saying they are leaning toward participating, 4 in light blue saying that they are pursuing alternative forms of implementation, 5 in light red saying they are leaning toward not participating, and 14, including Pennsylvania and Maine, saying that for now they are definitely not participating.  

The Texas legislature has voted with Gov. Rick Perry in refusing Medicaid expansion though an estimated 26% of it's population has no insurance.  The Pennsylvania Health Access Network has been lobbying the PA legislature to reverse Gov. Tom Corbett's decision on expansion much as Healthcare for All PA has been pushing a single payer solution for Pennsylvania.  

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