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This questionnaire created by Nemours is designed to prepare advocates to engage in a dialogue with their state Medicaid officials about pursuing this new option. States have a variety of priorities related to Medicaid and will likely not focus on this provision unless they are presented with clear and compelling proposals that answer the key questions explored in this document. 

The Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation present a briefing to discuss the basics of Medicaid and its role in the health care system. Speakers address questions on how the program is administered, how much it costs and how it is financed, as well as how the Affordable Care Act affects the program and what states are doing to transform Medicaid to meet current and future needs of its beneficiaries.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expands Medicaid significantly beginning in 2014 and the expanded program is to serve as the foundation of the broader framework created by the ACA to cover millions of previously uninsured low-income adults and children. This primer, from Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, examines how the Medicaid program is structured, who it covers, what services it provides, how it is financed and how much it costs. It also provides an overview of how Medicaid will change under the health reform law.