Why 4M Americans don’t have access to health insurance post-PPACA

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act originally required states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover those earning as much as 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $27,310 for a family of three. However, a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision made Medicaid expansion optional, which has left millions of Americans without access to health coverage, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report.

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This year, the median income limit for parents to qualify for Medicaid in states that have not expanded the program is $9,893 for a family of three, and adults without children do not qualify for Medicaid in nearly all non-expansion states.

Read the full report on Becker’s Hospital Review.

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