today our hr dept. sent out a notice

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28. Not your fault some folks are just too busy cheerleading to become well informed, or

whatever it is they do.

Medicaid expansion gap could leave poor shortchanged

WASHINGTON — The decision of some states not to expand Medicaid means that the nation's poorest — those the Affordable Care Act would have helped the most — may not receive any help at all.

That's because the 2010 law was written to provide Medicaid coverage for those making less than 100% of the federal poverty level, $23,550 for a family of four, in all 50 states. Because those Americans were to get Medicaid coverage, they were not made eligible for the federal tax subsidies that would help them pay for health insurance they will be required to buy.

However, when the Supreme Court ruled last year that the requirement for most uninsured Americans to buy insurance was constitutional, it also ruled that the states did not have to expand Medicaid to continue receiving federal funds for their existing programs.

That leaves out almost 7 million adults ages 19 to 64 who would have qualified for Medicaid in the 25 states that have not voted to expand it, according to an Urban Institute report. Medicaid is the federal-state health care program for low-income Americans. It covers 60 million children younger than 18, pregnant women, blind or disabled people. Other adults don't typically qualify.
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That's 7 million of our neighbors, NO money, NO Medicaid and NO subsidy for Obamacare.

7 million. Whether they SHOULD have coverage or not is irrelevant, because they don't.

On the upside, the DHS said they won't be penalized for not having insurance if they could have qualified for the state program that is not being offered. Wow, what a benefit.