National Association of Medicaid Director Questions To CMS Regarding Supreme Court Permission To Opt Out From PPACA Medicaid Expansion

July 3, 2012
Governors in five states are on the record as saying that they do not plan to expand Medicaid eligibility to uninsured low-income childless adults. Following the June 28, 2012, U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) as constitutional, but granted states the option to not expand Medicaid coverage, governors in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas said they will not expand Medicaid coverage to include low-income childless adults. The PPACA came before the Supreme Court after 26 states challenged the federal government’s power . . .