What happens if a state opts out of Medicaid? In one chart.

[Mira]

What happens if a state opts out of Medicaid? In one chart.
Ezra Klein

If governors opt their states out of the health law’s Medicaid expansion — as many are now threatening to do — it’s the poorest Americans who would find themselves getting the rawest deal.
This set of charts from our graphics department helps explain why: People who earn less than 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (about $11,170 for an individual) are ineligible for tax credits to purchase health insurance. In a state like Arkansas, for example, that could be a big deal:



Anyone in the orange area above is stuck in a sort of no-man’s land: They’re both ineligible for tax subsidies but not covered under their state’s current Medicaid program.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/05/what-happens-if-a-state-opts-out-of-medicaid-in-one-chart/

[flamingdem]

1. I wonder if it's a way for Red States to push the poor

out to other states. That could be popular with wingnuts.

[bahrbearian]

6. It could be that they want the people to work at below poverty wages, to get coverage.

[Thav]

7. The C-levels at Walmart have already worked this into their next profit expansion plan.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Thanks for posting. I was unaware that there was so much variance in

how states gave out Medicaid. No wonder Arkansas' Gov. Beebe is considering the expansion.

[dmr]

3. K, R & B

[Dalai_1]

4. Great Visual thank you for posting this! K&R n/t

[southmost]

5. they hate the working poor

k & r