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Explainer 51 - Beyond Medicaid? Potential Paths Forward to Better Healthcare

RTP's Fourth Branch Podcast

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Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act

There's a little bit of a push poll, a yin yang with Medicaid sometimes in recessions. The states would be short of money because they didn't have any revenue coming in during recession. A big boost forward under the Affordable Care Act is deliberately done to raise the income floor for Medicaid eligibility.

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