Medicaid expansion could end early in Illinois under Senate Obamacare replacement bill
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Currently the federal government pays states for 95 percent of the costs of Medicaid expansion. The
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"Medicaid expansion is absolutely one of the best things that's happened to the Medicaid program in
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Plus, critics of Medicaid expansion have long contended that it draws dollars away from those who most need them in favor of expanding coverage to able-bodied adults who should be able to work, securing health insurance on their own or through an employer.
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"Medicaid is already crowding out funding for all other priorities," Ingram said in an email. "Continuing the expansion will only make that problem worse."
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