715K California Children Gain Medicaid Coverage
Twenty-one states, including some that did not expand their Medicaid programs for adults, have extended their Medicaid programs to children ages six to 18 in families with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level. Hundreds of thousands of children -- including 715,000 in California -- have gained Medicaid coverage because of a provision in the Afforable Care Act that expands the program.
- "Texas and Florida Expand Medicaid -- for Kids" (Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, 9/29).