State: Alabama Rate: 13.9 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 107,000 Information: State Acronym: AL |
State: Alaska Rate: 18.6 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 28,000 Information: State Acronym: AK |
State: Arizona Rate: 17.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 469,000 Information: Republican lawmakers in Arizona are challenging the state’s law expanding Medicaid eligibility in court. They argue the law should not have been passed last summer without a supermajority – a state requirement for approval of any tax increases. A state superior court struck down the challenge, but the legislators are working with the Goldwater Institute, an Arizona conservative advocacy group, to appeal the ruling. State Acronym: AZ |
State: Arkansas Rate: 17.9 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 281,000 Information: In April, Arkansas became one of the only states in the South to expand Medicaid eligibility requirements. The Arkansas legislature nearly did not extend the Medicaid eligibility into 2015, but finally passed a plan on March 4 to continue the expansion into the next year after weeks of gridlock. Arkansas and Iowa are the only states with a “private option” expansion model that uses federal Medicaid money to buy private insurance for low-income residents, although several other states are considering similar programs. State Acronym: AR |
State: California Rate: 18.8 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 2,979,000 Information: State Acronym: CA |
State: Colorado Rate: 14.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 332,000 Information: State Acronym: CO |
State: Connecticut Rate: 8.3 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 107,000 Information: State Acronym: CT |
State: Delaware Rate: 10.4 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 38,000 Information: State Acronym: DE |
State: District of Columbia Rate: 8.2 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 27,000 Information: State Acronym: DC |
State: Florida Rate: 20.6 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 457,000 Information: State Acronym: FL |
State: Georgia Rate: 19.2 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 314,000 Information: State Acronym: GA |
State: Hawaii Rate: 7.8 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 58,000 Information: State Acronym: HI |
State: Idaho Rate: 16.4 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 37,000 Information: State Acronym: ID |
State: Illinois Rate: 14.2 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 801,000 Information: State Acronym: IL |
State: Indiana Rate: 12.7 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 140,000 Information: Indiana politicians, notably Republican Gov. Mike Pence, have resisted expansion of the federal Medicaid program but are looking to expand the state’s own insurance program for low-income Indiana residents, the Healthy Indiana Program, using Medicaid funds. The program does not provide as comprehensive coverage as Medicaid, in part because it lacks coverage for maternity care. On Feb. 21, Pence formally requested that the Department of Health and Human Services consider the proposal. State Acronym: IN |
State: Iowa Rate: 10.1 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 143,000 Information: Iowa is one of two states that expanded Medicaid eligibility requirements through a so-called private option, an expansion model that uses federal Medicaid money to buy private insurance for low-income residents. Arkansas, he other state with a private option, recently voted not to continue its Medicaid expansion program into 2015. State Acronym: IA |
State: Kansas Rate: 13.1 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 58,000 Information: State Acronym: KS |
State: Kentucky Rate: 15.0 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 350,000 Information: State Acronym: KY |
State: Louisiana Rate: 19.6 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 132,000 Information: State Acronym: LA |
State: Maine Rate: 9.8 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 11,000 Information: State Acronym: ME |
State: Maryland Rate: 13.1 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 299,000 Information: State Acronym: MD |
State: Massachusetts Rate: 3.8 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 89,000 Information: State Acronym: MA |
State: Michigan Rate: 11.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 500,000 Information: State Acronym: MI |
State: Minnesota Rate: 8.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 259,000 Information: State Acronym: MN |
State: Mississippi Rate: 15.8 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 74,000 Information: State Acronym: MS |
State: Missouri Rate: 14.1 Status: debating partial Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 7 Number: 179,000 Information: Missouri’s Republican-controlled state legislature blocked expansion of Medicaid eligibility requirements in early February against the wishes of Democratic Governor Jay Nixon. Later that month, a Republican legislator introduced a modified proposal that would expand Medicaid eligibility but only to low-income residents with jobs. The legislature has yet to vote on the new bill. State Acronym: MO |
State: Montana Rate: 18.2 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 28,000 Information: State Acronym: MT |
State: Nebraska Rate: 12.8 Status: debating Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 5 Number: 37,000 Information: Lawmakers in Nebraska sent a Medicaid expansion bill out of committee Feb. 24 to be debated by the full unicameral legislature. It would use federal Medicaid money to help low-income Nebraskans afford premiums and copays from plans on the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces. State Acronym: NE |
State: Nevada Rate: 23.0 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 304,000 Information: State Acronym: NV |
State: New Hampshire Rate: 12.3 Status: debating Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 5 Number: 18,000 Information: New Hampshire legislators announced Feb. 6 they had forged a bipartisan deal to expand Medicaid in the state. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the bill in March. State Acronym: NH |
State: New Jersey Rate: 14.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 466,000 Information: State Acronym: NJ |
State: New Mexico Rate: 20.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 204,000 Information: State Acronym: NM |
State: New York Rate: 11.7 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 950,000 Information: State Acronym: NY |
State: North Carolina Rate: 16.7 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 168,000 Information: State Acronym: NC |
State: North Dakota Rate: 10.3 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 27,000 Information: State Acronym: ND |
State: Ohio Rate: 13.0 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 734,000 Information: State Acronym: OH |
State: Oklahoma Rate: 17.1 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 71,000 Information: State Acronym: OK |
State: Oregon Rate: 14.6 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 260,000 Information: State Acronym: OR |
State: Pennsylvania Rate: 11.4 Status: debating Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 5 Number: 224,000 Information: In September, Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced a plan that would expand Medicaid in the state by allowing residents who qualify to select a subsidized plan through the online insurance marketplaces. A similar plan has already been implemented in Arkansas. The legislature has yet to act on Corbett’s proposal, although he mentioned it in his State of the State address in February. State Acronym: PA |
State: Rhode Island Rate: 12.2 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 54,000 Information: State Acronym: RI |
State: South Carolina Rate: 16.6 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 134,000 Information: State Acronym: SC |
State: South Dakota Rate: 13.7 Status: debating partial Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 7 Number: 16,000 Information: South Dakota legislators announced last week they were looking into a partial Medicaid expansion that would extend Medicaid coverage to those who fall below the poverty line. A full Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act would include all residents who fall below 138 percent of the poverty line. State Acronym: SD |
State: Tennessee Rate: 13.6 Status: debating Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 5 Number: 147,000 Information: Although Tennessee did not expand Medicaid eligibility requirements before the start of 2014, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam implied during his State of the State address earlier this month that he had not made a final decision about the program. “I’m hesitant to commit additional dollars to Medicaid when it’s already eating up so much of our budget,” he said. “But I also understand that the decision isn't just as easy as standing here today and saying, 'We're not going to expand Medicaid.’ There are hospitals across this state, many of them in rural communities, that are going to struggle if not close under the health care law without expansion, and that's not something to take lightly.” State Acronym: TN |
State: Texas Rate: 24.2 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 874,000 Information: State Acronym: TX |
State: Utah Rate: 14.5 Status: debating Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 5 Number: 61,000 Information: Republican lawmakers in Utah announced a plan mid-February to create a Medicaid alternative that would provide some benefits to low-income residents. The program would cost Utah between $30 million and $35 million, far less than the $800 million Medicaid expansion in the state would cost the federal government. The full Utah legislature has yet to vote on the proposal. State Acronym: UT |
State: Vermont Rate: 7.8 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 17,000 Information: State Acronym: VT |
State: Virginia Rate: 12.9 Status: debating Medicaid expansion StatusCode: 5 Number: 98,000 Information: Virginia state senators February revealed a plan that would expand Medicaid in the state using a so-called private option, like those in place in Arkansas and Iowa. The plan would use federal Medicaid money to buy private insurance for low-income residents. The legislature has yet to vote on the proposal. State Acronym: VA |
State: Washington Rate: 14.0 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 449,000 Information: State Acronym: WA |
State: West Virginia Rate: 14.8 Status: expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 3 Number: 143,000 Information: State Acronym: WV |
State: Wisconsin Rate: 10.0 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 201,000 Information: State Acronym: WI |
State: Wyoming Rate: 16.6 Status: not expanding Medicaid StatusCode: 1 Number: 10,000 Information: State Acronym: WY |