The latest issue of TIME magazine recaps the decisions states are making about whether to accept the Medicaid expansion linked to the 2010 federal health care reform law.
Since the Supreme Court ruled that states could opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, a public insurance program for the poor, governors and local legislators have been wrestling over what to do. The options: expand and take the federal money that comes with it, reject it outright or develop a state-specific alternative. Herewith, a look at who’s in, who’s out and who’s still on the fence.
OPTING IN
Democrats control the governor’s mansion and statehouse in 14 of the 20 states (plus Washington, D.C.) that are committed to expansion in some form.
OPTING OUT
The only reason Montana is in this group? A Democratic legislator accidentally voted against a measure to bring an expansion bill to the floor, killing it by a single vote.
UP IN THE AIR
Many of the states still debating what to do have governors and legislatures at odds with one another.
Why were North Carolina leaders wise to join the second list? You’ll find answers here and here.
