Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center in Washington, D.C., examined expansion initiatives that have taken place since 2010 in California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Washington D.C. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all states have the option of expanding their Medicaid programs to cover adults earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Starting this year, 26 states, including D.C., will have expanded Medicaid programs, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Indiana and Pennsylvania are looking into expansion after 2014.
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