In Inside National Health Reform (2012), John McDonough, a former Senate aide who was in at the birth of the ACA, recounts how the ACA's threshold for expanded Medicaid eligibility came to be set at 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (de facto 138% FPL, as everyone gets 5% of income discounted).
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Medicaid is cheaper. Ergo...
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In Inside National Health Reform (2012), John McDonough, a former Senate aide who was in at the birth of the ACA, recounts how the ACA's threshold for expanded Medicaid eligibility came to be set at 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (de facto 138% FPL, as everyone gets 5% of income discounted).