Obamacare’s latest failure: Medicaid expansion

Published December 7, 2016 4:52pm ET



Obamacare’s defenders have one less leg to stand on, thanks to a new report on the health law’s attempts to reform Medicaid.

Obamacare increased the number of people eligible for Medicaid — the healthcare entitlement for low-income Americans — by allowing individuals with annual income at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $11,880 in 2016, to sign up for Medicaid.

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