Medicaid: A Case Study

The Patient Protection and ACA executed a very significant modification in Medicaid which allows states to expand Medicaid eligibility, permitting Medicaid enrollment of adults under 65 years old with earnings of up to 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL). Since then, the ACA lowered the number of uninsured residents in the U.S. by approximately 18 to 20 million people by the beginning of the year 2016, wherein 43.9% of these newly insured were enrolled in Medicaid (Blumberg & Holahan, 2016).