After the Supreme Court Decision: The Implications of Expanding Medicaid for Uninsured Low-Income Midlife Adults

Lynda Flowers, AARP Public Policy Institute

Matthew Buettgens, The Urban Institute

AARP Public Policy Institute

Published February 15, 2013

The Affordable Care Act required states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income people, including mid-life adults. However, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, while upholding the rest of the health reform law, effectively turned the mandate into a state option. This Insight on the Issues examines the Court’s decision and how uninsured midlife adults in states that take up this option can benefit.

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