According to the foundation’s estimates, if the 10 states that have yet to adopt Medicaid expansion did so next year, around 5 million people would enroll in Medicaid, with around half of those people being currently uninsured.
Officials in Kansas and Mississippi have urged lawmakers to take up Medicaid expansion in 2024.
Here’s how many people would gain insurance in nonexpansion states, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s estimates:
- Texas
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -802,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -21.6% - Florida
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -514,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -25.2% - Georgia
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -293,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -27.9% - Tennessee
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -151,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -27% - Alabama
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -146,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -37% - South Carolina
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -131,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -32% - Mississippi
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -100,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -39.4% - Kansas
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -90,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -31.3% - Wisconsin
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -23,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: -8.1% - Wyoming
Reduction in number of uninsured residents: -14,000
Reduction in uninsured rate: 18.3%
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