Two new studies highlight the heavy impact that state decisions not to expand Medicaid under the federal healthcare reform law will have on low-income Americans and community health centers that serve them.
Across the country, about 5.2 million low-income uninsured adults across the country will remain uninsured in 2014 because they fall into a coverage gap in the 25 states that so far have not expanded Medicaid to adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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But wait, there's more!
For those who know they exist, the state health insurance exchanges set to open next month are primarily a vehicle by which the reform law will offer individuals, families and small businesses a choice of health plans and an opportunity to receive a federal premium subsidy.
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