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| | |Colorado||Implementing Expansion in 2014 | | |Colorado||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Connecticut Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Connecticut||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Delaware Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Delaware||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |District of Columbia Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |District of Columbia||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Florida Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Florida||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Georgia Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Georgia||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Hawaii Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Hawaii||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Idaho Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Idaho||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Illinois Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Illinois||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Indiana Open Debate2 | + | |Indiana||Open Debate2 |
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| − | |Iowa Implementing Expansion in 20141 | + | |Iowa||Implementing Expansion in 20141 |
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| − | |Kansas Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Kansas||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Kentucky Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Kentucky||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Louisiana Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Louisiana||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Maine Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Maine||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Maryland Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Maryland||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Massachusetts Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Massachusetts||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Michigan Implementing Expansion in 20143 | + | |Michigan||Implementing Expansion in 20143 |
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| − | |Minnesota Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Minnesota||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Mississippi Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Mississippi||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Missouri Open Debate | + | |Missouri||Open Debate |
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| − | |Montana Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Montana||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Nebraska Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Nebraska||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Nevada Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Nevada||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |New Hampshire Implementing Expansion in 20144 | + | |New Hampshire||Implementing Expansion in 20144 |
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| − | |New Jersey Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |New Jersey||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |New Mexico Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |New Mexico||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |New York Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |New York||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |North Carolina Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |North Carolina||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |North Dakota Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |North Dakota||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Ohio Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Ohio||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Oklahoma Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Oklahoma||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Oregon Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Oregon||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Pennsylvania Open Debate2 | + | |Pennsylvania||Open Debate2 |
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| − | |Rhode Island Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Rhode Island||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |South Carolina Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |South Carolina||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |South Dakota Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |South Dakota||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Tennessee Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Tennessee||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| − | |Texas Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Texas||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| | |Utah||Open Debate | | |Utah||Open Debate |
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| − | |Vermont Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Vermont||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Virginia Open Debate | + | |Virginia||Open Debate |
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| − | |Washington Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |Washington||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |West Virginia Implementing Expansion in 2014 | + | |West Virginia||Implementing Expansion in 2014 |
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| − | |Wisconsin Not Moving Forward at this Time5 | + | |Wisconsin||Not Moving Forward at this Time5 |
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| − | |Wyoming Not Moving Forward at this Time | + | |Wyoming||Not Moving Forward at this Time |
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| | The ACA as passed assumed that the eligibility for [[Medicaid]] would be automatically expanded in all 50 states. However, some states appealed this provision, and the US Supreme Court ruled that each state would have the right to decide whether to continue Medicaid on its present terms or to expand Medicaid to cover more low-income individuals. Although the ACA provided for the federal government to pay for all costs of medicaid expansion during the first four years, there was no statutory guarantee for full federal funding after that time. So, some states, particularly those with Republican Governors or Republican-controlled legislatures, refused to expand the eligibility requirements for the Medicaid program in their states. However, hospitals faced financial pressures to limit or end free charity care for indigent patients under the new structure, leaving low-income people in a difficult, un-insured dilemma. | | The ACA as passed assumed that the eligibility for [[Medicaid]] would be automatically expanded in all 50 states. However, some states appealed this provision, and the US Supreme Court ruled that each state would have the right to decide whether to continue Medicaid on its present terms or to expand Medicaid to cover more low-income individuals. Although the ACA provided for the federal government to pay for all costs of medicaid expansion during the first four years, there was no statutory guarantee for full federal funding after that time. So, some states, particularly those with Republican Governors or Republican-controlled legislatures, refused to expand the eligibility requirements for the Medicaid program in their states. However, hospitals faced financial pressures to limit or end free charity care for indigent patients under the new structure, leaving low-income people in a difficult, un-insured dilemma. |