Medicaid Expansion Under Health Reform

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Opting in to the Medicaid Expansion under the ACA

This analysis suggests that the approximately 15.1 million uninsured adults who could gain coverage under the ACA Medicaid expansion are a diverse group in terms of their age and race/ethnicity.

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Medicaid Expansion under the ACA

Under health reform, Medicaid will expand to cover more low-income, disabled, and elderly people. Click this video to learn more.

Medicaid's Role in the Health Benefits Exchange

With the Affordable Care Act’s enactment, Medicaid has completed its transition from a specialized program linked to welfare recipients, to a major health insurer that will be a lynchpin in ensuring functional exchanges in every state. This report from the Maximizing Enrollment program, administered by the National Academy for State Health Policy, offers a road map on many of the issues state officials face in effectively integrating Medicaid as they build, operate and finance their new health benefit exchanges.

At the Helm of Medicaid Innovation: Recognizing State Leaders

The Medicaid Leadership Institute is a unique opportunity for state Medicaid directors to participate in an intensive leadership development curriculum designed to cultivate the skills necessary to transform their Medicaid programs into national models for high-quality, cost-effective care. The Institute is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation directed by the Center for Health Care Strategies.

Webinar: States Prepare for Medicaid’s Growth Spurt

By 2019, Medicaid is estimated to cover an additional 16 million of the most vulnerable Americans, significantly increasing the shape and size of the program. On this State Refor(u)m webinar, officials from three states provide a closer look and answer questions about what states are doing to prepare.

Using Data to Improve Enrollment and Retention Performance

The Maximizing Enrollment program has worked intensively with eight states to help them increase their use of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and retention data to monitor and improve performance in enrolling and retaining eligible individuals. From this work, the program has developed a set of 12 core performance measures for enrollment and retention that states can use to monitor how long individuals stay covered once they are enrolled, track the results of eligibility-related policy changes, determine trends in program performance, and track progress as they implement changes in eligibility and retention policies.

About Medicaid Expansion in the ACA

One of the most critical issues for states as they implement the Affordable Care Act is deciding whether to expand their Medicaid programs, and if so how to ensure seamless integration between Medicaid and health insurance exchanges. The materials on this page offer insight and expert analysis about these policy questions.

Share this fact: Approx. 15.1 million uninsured adults could gain coverage under the ACA Medicaid expansion