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Title: Uninsured Veterans and Family Members: State and National Estimates of Expanded Medicaid Eligibility Under the ACA
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Publication Year: 2013
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Abstract: Analysis of the 20082010 American Community Survey (ACS) indicates that 535,000 uninsured veterans and 174,000 uninsured spouses of veteransor four in 10 uninsured veterans and one in four uninsured spouseshave incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and could qualify for Medicaid or new subsidies for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Most of these uninsured414,000 veterans and 113,000 spouseshave incomes below 100 percent of FPL, and will therefore only have new coverage options under the ACA if their state expands Medicaid. However, fewer than half live in states in which the governor supports their state participating in the expansion, while the majority live in states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid or have not yet decided whether to expand. The extent to which uninsured veterans and their family members with incomes below the FPL will have access to new coverage options under the ACA will depend on whether they live in a state that adopts the Medicaid expansion.
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Authors: Kenney, Genevieve M.; Haley, Jennifer
Publisher: Timely Analysis of Immediate Health Policy Issues
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Health, Poverty and Welfare
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