Publisher's Synopsis
Since implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, the number of people covered by Medicaid has grown significantly helping drive the nation's uninsured rate to the lowest level in history. Medicaid constitutes a significant portion the national health expenditures. Despite the significant gains in coverage and access, among other things, the ACA repeal and replacement debate has critically focused around the implication of Medicaid expansion on the national health expenditure. In general, several health care bills proposed by the republican controlled congress during the last two years proposed to eliminate funding for the Medicaid expansion and cut billions in federal support for Medicaid to reduce the cost of health care. Therefore, Understanding the potential effect of Medicaid expansion under the ACA can help increase understanding of how the ACA has impacted the national health expenditures informing the lingering ACA repeal and replacement debate and any future health care program restructuring process.
