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Gop health care bill will delay the rollback of medicaid expansion to at least 2023. but millions of americans may lose coverage sooner than that. many states wont have the money to keep the program running. it has to do with the federal match rate. the expansion covers 11 million low-income adults in 31 states. the government covers 90% of the cost. a higher rate than for traditional participants. heres the thing, medicaid has a huge churn rate. if adults drop out, they have to re-enroll at the...

Gop health care bill will delay the rollback of medicaid expansion to at least 2023, but millions of americans may lose coverage even sooner that that. and thats because many states wont have the money to keep running the program. it has to do with the federal match rate. the expansion covers 11 million low-income adults in 31 states, and the government covers 90% of the cost. thats a higher rate than for traditional participants. medicaid has a huge turn rate. if adults drop out, they have to r...