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Biden's Apparently Temporary but Also Seemingly Permanent Medicaid Expansion

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The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion

Under the Affordable Care Act, most states chose to expand Medicaid. The federal government picks up 90% of the cost for that expansion population. But under a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act, states were given an incentive to expand their Medicaid enrollment if they hadn't done so already. And I think right now it's about 39 states have taken advantage of that.

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