Guest column: Florida, it’s past time to expand Medicaid Jackson Brunner
Florida is one of only 12 that has yet to expand Medicaid, leaving a concerning number of patients without insurance coverage and resulting in worsening health outcomes for those affected. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the median household income required to qualify for Medicaid in states that have not undergone expansion is approximately 47% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), resulting in a notable gap in coverage for childless, adult patients who earn between 47% and 100% of the FPL.
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In Florida, this gap is even wider. Compared with the national average of under 10%, about 13% of Florida’s population is uninsured. (Note that this percentage is likely higher for individuals under the age of 65 due to the state’s large elderly population that automatically qualifies for Medicare.) Because patients of low socioeconomic status are more inclined to have signi
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The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) held its first executive hearing on the state budget last Thursday, May 6th. This is where the real work on the budget happens. The joint committee takes votes on every section of the budget over the course of several weeks. The final product will then go to the Assembly and Senate for approval. Then Gov. Evers will take out his line-item veto pen, and sign the final version into law.
JFC announced weeks ago that Gov. Evers’ budget proposal was unworkable, because it would require massive tax increases. When JFC sat down, the first thing it did was remove all the policy items from Evers’ proposal. That included an expansion of Medicaid that Democrats have been fight for since 2014. It would mean putting everyone on Medicaid (BadgerCare) who makes up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL). The feds have tried offered big incentives hoping to make the expansion irresistible.
ARP subsidies projected to help over 1.6 million Californians Sydney Kurle | Apr 23, 2021
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A recent joint publication by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research projected the subsidies passed in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will help over 1.6 million Californians. This number includes 151,000 individual market enrollees who will qualify for subsidies for the first time and 135,000 uninsured people who will become insured.
The ARP has a number of important health coverage provisions, including 100% premium subsidies for COBRA coverage through September 2021. Those receiving Unemployment Insurance benefits in 2021 will pay only $1 per month for an Enhanced Silver 94 plan. This plan, on the Covered California market, requires the least cost sharing from households.