Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) announced his state would expand its Medicaid program to an estimated 161,000 more people and expense the added costs to the U.S. government through 2016.
The U.S. Supreme Court previously ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could not require states to raise their Medicaid eligibility income threshold to 138 percent of the poverty line, but states can voluntarily opt in to access the extra federal funding for three years. Most Republican-governed states have opted out of the expansion, Nevada being an exception.
The Colorado Hospital Association released a statement in favor of the move, saying it hoped it would reduce the $1 billion of annual uncompensated care.
By 2020, Colorado will pay 10 percent of the expanded Medicaid program cost using a provider fee it instituted in 2009, according to a report from the Denver Post.
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The U.S. Supreme Court previously ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could not require states to raise their Medicaid eligibility income threshold to 138 percent of the poverty line, but states can voluntarily opt in to access the extra federal funding for three years. Most Republican-governed states have opted out of the expansion, Nevada being an exception.
The Colorado Hospital Association released a statement in favor of the move, saying it hoped it would reduce the $1 billion of annual uncompensated care.
By 2020, Colorado will pay 10 percent of the expanded Medicaid program cost using a provider fee it instituted in 2009, according to a report from the Denver Post.
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