How does the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 make insurance more affordable for consumers?
The Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 raises threshold for mandatory Medicaid coverage from 133 percent of poverty to 150 percent. It retains 100 percent federal matching rate for costs of expansion populations in 2013 and 2014, then reduces rate to 91 percent in 2015 and beyond. The legislation also increases assistance to states that maintain access to Medicaid services during the recession by extending the current Recovery Act increase in federal Medicaid payments to states with high unemployment rates.
