Thursday, January 10, 2013

Medicaid expansion could bring big benefit to state with little investment

Sacramento Business Journal
California has an opportunity to significantly increase health coverage at a minimal cost to the state budget by expanding its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, a new study concludes. More than 1.4 million California adults under age 65 will be newly eligible for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, under federal reform.