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Originally Posted by Road-Runner
The Obamacare law significantly expanded Medicaid in those states dumb enough to take the temporary (five years?) additional Federal funding. After that period the extra costs were totally the states to cover. Florida was one of the many states that said "No thanks" and we should be very glad they did.
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Just to clarify, the ACA’s Medicaid expansion funding wasn’t only temporary. The federal government initially covered 100% of the costs from 2014 to 2016 and now permanently covers 90% of expansion costs. States only pay 10%. Florida opted out, so it didn’t receive that federal funding, which is why many low-income residents here remain uninsured.