When Is Medicaid Expansion Not Expansion?

Last year, we reported that voters in three states—Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah—passed ballot initiatives to fully expand Medicaid to individuals up to 138% of the federal poverty level (see Voters In Idaho, Nebraska & Utah Passed Ballot Measures To Expand Medicaid). Despite what appears to be similar initiatives, each state has chosen their own path to implement the Medicaid expansion. And what this means for provider organizations is a continued bifurcation of state Medicaid programs, bringing along its own set of challenges.

What exactly is happening?

Nebraska

Nebraska plans to extend benefits to the Medicaid expansion population beginning . . .