Georgia, Augusta area missing out on Medicaid, group says
Because of a quirk that stemmed from a 2012
100 percent of it for the first three years and no less than 90 percent until 2020.
Parents can't make more than 38 percent of poverty level, or
Not expanding
"Then when people who are uninsured do access care, it is sometimes in a very expensive setting, such as an emergency room, where the care is not always appropriate," Zeldin said. Those providers are also not likely to get compensation for that care, which places a disproportionately larger burden on rural hospitals and hospitals in areas where there are larger numbers of poor and uninsured, she said.
"The people who are really left out right now are people who are below the poverty line," Zeldin said. "That's who
If the experiences of states that expanded MediĀcaid is a guide, the level of uncompensated care by hospitals would be reduced dramatically, according to the report.
60 percent reduction in uncompensated care, from
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