GAO Releases Report On States’ Implementation Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

Circle Connections: New Products & Services The U.S. Government Accountability Office release its report on August 2012 on Medicaid expansion and state implementation of the health care reform act. This report addresses the following questions: 1) State responsibilities for implementing the Medicaid expansion provisions under PPACA; Actions by selected states to prepare for the Medicaid expansion provisions of PPACA and the challenges have they encountered; and 3) state views on the fiscal implications of the Medicaid expansion on state budget planning. For more information, see Medicaid Expansion: States – Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (GAO-12 . . .