Use Our New Medicaid Expansion Map to Check Your State's Status and Potential Impact on the Uninsured

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<p>Last summer's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act made it optional for states to expand Medicaid eligibility to people with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level (about $15,856 for an individual).</p><p>To track Medicaid decisions at the state level, check out our <a href="~/link.aspx?_id=C80C8EC1299A42C7BDBD2677D1C94873&_z=z">new interactive map</a> showing which states are expanding, pursuing a customized expansion, or not expanding, and which states haven't yet decided whether to expand. The map also offers state-level infographics, based on data from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, highlighting the law's impact on the uninsured, with and without Medicaid expansion.</p>

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletters/ealerts/2013/jul/use-our-new-medicaid-expansion-map