Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu

doi:doi:10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

| Peer-Reviewed

Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu

Published in International Journal of Health Economics and Policy (Volume 2, Issue 1)

Received: 7 January 2017 Accepted: 19 January 2017 Published: 15 February 2017

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

The patient protection and Affordable Care Act became law on march 23^rd 2010 and was intended to be fully implemented on January 1, 2014. The reason for this law was to address the systemic health inequalities for millions of Americans who lacked health insurance. A major component of this law is the expansion of Medicaid which is the program for the indigent jointly administered by the federal and state government, with the aim of providing low-income individual with access to insurance coverage. Failure of Medicaid to be expanded in most states in the United States is due to some obstacles which have crippled this aim. One of such obstacle is the supreme court decision of June, 2012 nullifying the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring all states to adopt the Medicaid expansion program. This problem can be tackled by addressing inequalities in social and economic domains as well as the development of a creative expansion program and a user-friendly system.

Published in	International Journal of Health Economics and Policy (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
Page(s)	27-29
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Expansion, States

References

[1]	Dorn, S. (2014). What is the result of states not expanding Medicaid? Timely Analysis of Immediate Health Policy Issues, 1-8. Retrieved from http://webarchive.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413192-What-is-the-Result-of-States-Not-Expanding-Medicaid.pdf
[2]	Han, X., Nguyen, B. T., Drope, J., & Jemal, A. (2015). Health-related outcomes among the poor: Medicaid expansion vs. non-expansion states. PloS one, 10(12), e0144429.
[3]	Jacobs, L. R., & Callaghan, T. (2013). Why states expand Medicaid: Party, resources and history. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 38 (5), 1023-1050. doi: 10.1215/03616878-2334889
[4]	Krisberg, K. (2012). For many uninsured Americans, Medicaid expansion is critical: States’ decisions have lifesaving impact. The Nation’s Health, 42 (9), 1-12. Retrieved from http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/42/9/1.1.long
[5]	Lyon, S. M., Douglas, I. S., & Cooke, C. R. (2014). Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Insurance-related disparities in pulmonary, critical care and sleep. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 11 (4), 661-667. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201402-072PS
[6]	Moreno, A. (2012). Health care reform and the Medicaid expansion: Implications on County substance abuse programs and ethnically/racially diverse populations. Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 18 (2), 65-79. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/openview/fe5cab83ee0abab2767fdf2325489386/1?pq-origsite=gscholar
[7]	Rosenbaum, S. (2009). Law and the Public’s Health. Public Health Reports, 124 (6), 130-134. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773955/
[8]	Shi, L. & Singh, D. A. (2015). Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach (Enhanced 6^th Edition). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning
[9]	Turner, G., & Roy, A. (2013). Why states should not expand Medicaid. Medicaid, ObamaCare, State Issues, 1-8. Retrieved from http://www.galen.org/assets/StatesshouldblockMedicaidexpansion.pdf
[10]	Zur, J., Mojtabai, R., & Li, S. (2014). The cost savings of expanding Medicaid eligibility to include currently uninsured homeless adults with substance use disorders. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 41 (2), 110-124. doi: 10.1007/s11414-013-9366-7.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu. (2017). Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States. International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 2(1), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu. Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States. Int. J. Health Econ. Policy 2017, 2(1), 27-29. doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu. Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States. Int J Health Econ Policy. 2017;2(1):27-29. doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15,
  author = {Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu},
  title = {Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States},
  journal = {International Journal of Health Economics and Policy},
  volume = {2},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27-29},
  doi = {10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.hep.20170201.15},
  abstract = {The patient protection and Affordable Care Act became law on march 23rd 2010 and was intended to be fully implemented on January 1, 2014. The reason for this law was to address the systemic health inequalities for millions of Americans who lacked health insurance. A major component of this law is the expansion of Medicaid which is the program for the indigent jointly administered by the federal and state government, with the aim of providing low-income individual with access to insurance coverage. Failure of Medicaid to be expanded in most states in the United States is due to some obstacles which have crippled this aim. One of such obstacle is the supreme court decision of June, 2012 nullifying the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring all states to adopt the Medicaid expansion program. This problem can be tackled by addressing inequalities in social and economic domains as well as the development of a creative expansion program and a user-friendly system.},
 year = {2017}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States
AU  - Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu
Y1  - 2017/02/15
PY  - 2017
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
T2  - International Journal of Health Economics and Policy
JF  - International Journal of Health Economics and Policy
JO  - International Journal of Health Economics and Policy
SP  - 27
EP  - 29
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2578-9309
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
AB  - The patient protection and Affordable Care Act became law on march 23rd 2010 and was intended to be fully implemented on January 1, 2014. The reason for this law was to address the systemic health inequalities for millions of Americans who lacked health insurance. A major component of this law is the expansion of Medicaid which is the program for the indigent jointly administered by the federal and state government, with the aim of providing low-income individual with access to insurance coverage. Failure of Medicaid to be expanded in most states in the United States is due to some obstacles which have crippled this aim. One of such obstacle is the supreme court decision of June, 2012 nullifying the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring all states to adopt the Medicaid expansion program. This problem can be tackled by addressing inequalities in social and economic domains as well as the development of a creative expansion program and a user-friendly system.
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu

Department of Social Science, Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi, United States of America

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu. (2017). Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States. International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 2(1), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu. Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States. Int. J. Health Econ. Policy 2017, 2(1), 27-29. doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu. Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States. Int J Health Econ Policy. 2017;2(1):27-29. doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15,
  author = {Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu},
  title = {Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States},
  journal = {International Journal of Health Economics and Policy},
  volume = {2},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27-29},
  doi = {10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.hep.20170201.15},
  abstract = {The patient protection and Affordable Care Act became law on march 23rd 2010 and was intended to be fully implemented on January 1, 2014. The reason for this law was to address the systemic health inequalities for millions of Americans who lacked health insurance. A major component of this law is the expansion of Medicaid which is the program for the indigent jointly administered by the federal and state government, with the aim of providing low-income individual with access to insurance coverage. Failure of Medicaid to be expanded in most states in the United States is due to some obstacles which have crippled this aim. One of such obstacle is the supreme court decision of June, 2012 nullifying the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring all states to adopt the Medicaid expansion program. This problem can be tackled by addressing inequalities in social and economic domains as well as the development of a creative expansion program and a user-friendly system.},
 year = {2017}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Lack of Medicaid Expansion in Some States
AU  - Ejezie Francis Uchechukwu
Y1  - 2017/02/15
PY  - 2017
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
T2  - International Journal of Health Economics and Policy
JF  - International Journal of Health Economics and Policy
JO  - International Journal of Health Economics and Policy
SP  - 27
EP  - 29
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2578-9309
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hep.20170201.15
AB  - The patient protection and Affordable Care Act became law on march 23rd 2010 and was intended to be fully implemented on January 1, 2014. The reason for this law was to address the systemic health inequalities for millions of Americans who lacked health insurance. A major component of this law is the expansion of Medicaid which is the program for the indigent jointly administered by the federal and state government, with the aim of providing low-income individual with access to insurance coverage. Failure of Medicaid to be expanded in most states in the United States is due to some obstacles which have crippled this aim. One of such obstacle is the supreme court decision of June, 2012 nullifying the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring all states to adopt the Medicaid expansion program. This problem can be tackled by addressing inequalities in social and economic domains as well as the development of a creative expansion program and a user-friendly system.
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
ER  -

Copy | Download