States Pause Medicaid Expansions Due To Possible ACA Repeal

Seven of the 19 states that have not expanded Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act have halted their plans to do so in 2017, Jesse Cross-Call of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said. State legislators report a likely hold on plans for most other new federal waivers until they have a better understanding how the Trump administration might handle them, as well, according to a research analyst for the National Conference for State Legislatures. An estimated 11 million...