Expanding Medicaid, the public program that has for decades provided health insurance to millions of low-income individuals and families, is a central strategy to improving health outcomes and lowering costs for uninsured South Floridians. Florida is currently one of just 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, leaving large numbers of low- income residents without health coverage, including over a million people in South Florida.

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The report provides a brief primer on Medicaid expansion under the ACA, touches upon its health and fiscal benefits, and concludes by discussing the number of potential beneficiaries of Medicaid expansion in the Miami metropolitan area and its component counties.

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