Senate Republicans have released their version of a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Medicaid cuts in the Senate healthcare bill are going to hit some states hard – here's who will feel it
The Senate's plan rolls back many of the provisions of Obamacare, including taking deep cuts from the Medicaid program.
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To get a better sense of what that would mean on a state-by-state basis — and who might be hardest-hit by a rollback — we charted out some of the key aspects of Medicaid and the expansion under the ACA.
As of 2017, 31 states and Washington, D.C. adopted the Medicaid expansion.
Through that expansion, millions have gained coverage. Here's a look at the rate of enrollment per 100,000 people of adults in each state who gained coverage under the expansion in the first quarter of 2016 alone. Under the Senate bill, these enrollees would no longer be covered after 2023.
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The bill also scales back federal funding for Medicaid — which is more than half the spending for the program at the state level. That would leave states — which also fund the program — with fewer resources. Here's a breakdown of the percentage of federal funding each state receives, with those in dark blue receiving the most support. Ultimately it's these dark blue states that are most likely to feel the cuts being proposed by Republicans.
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