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The increase in spending between 2013 and 2019 in Medicaid expansion states was 5.9 percent but in states that chose not to expand, spending growth was nearly three times more at 22.7 percent.

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), combined with policies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to a dramatic expansion of Medicaid, including the enrollment of millions of people who, by law, are not eligible for the program, concludes a new study by the Paragon Health Institute.

(The Center Square) -- Twenty-five governors signed a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to end the federal public health emergency in April, saying...

(The Center Square) – New Hampshire is pumping more federal funding into its low income Medicaid program, amid a steady rise in enrollment during...

 “The common wisdom is you have to become impoverished before the government helps you with long-term care, but the truth is very different.”

(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is drafting Medicaid contracts that could compel health-care providers to unionize, making it more...

"Back in the ‘90s, states drove national welfare reform from the bottom up. Today states could do the same thing and drive national health care reform from the bottom up if Uncle One-Size-Fits-All would let them,”

(The Center Square) – Georgia has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for rejecting the work requirement and premium proposal in Gov. Brian...

Congress has made it difficult for states to resist expansion of their Medicaid programs to cover able-bodied adults, a move that can be politically popular but fiscally risky.

 Alternatives to Medicaid expansion are abundant and have been explored more thoroughly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.