Medicaid expansion could cost county $700,000
That was the bottom line presented to the
Medicaid is a federal program that provides health insurance to low-income individuals using both federal and state funds. Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government pledges to cover 90 percent of the expansion costs. So far, 36 states have expanded Medicaid for people with household incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty line, which comes out to
Under those guidelines, Murphy said, some 10,800 more
"Planning to support those new beneficiaries would require a minimum 32 new DSS staff members at a total cost of
Murphy said that current costs of Medicaid are divided between the state and the federal government, with the feds paying 67 percent. Expanding Medicaid includes the federal government's pledge to pick up 90 percent of the costs.
Murphy said her research shows that expansion would require an additional 32 staff members to support the added caseload. Total cost of those new jobs would be an estimated
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