Under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) states can choose to voluntarily expand Medicaid health insurance to millions of adults who are uninsured today. Under the ACA's provision, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost of the expansion for states that choose to participate for the first three years (2014, 2015 and 2016).
If Michigan chooses to participate, it is estimated:
-that 450,000 uninsured Michigan adults will get health insurance and "newly enroll" in Medicaid
-Michigan will receive about $2 billion a year from the federal government to pay for the expansion, and
-the state will save about $1 billion over a decade as the federal government's appropriations cover Medicaid services that currently must be funded by state tax payers.
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The MHA would like to give special thanks to Henry Ford Health System for their assistance with this video.
