Majority of States Have Expanded Medicaid Benefits This Year

While Congress and the Administration debated cutting Medicaid funding, 26 states this year expanded or enhanced benefits and at least 17 plan to do so next year, according to a new report. The increased benefits were largely for mental health and substance abuse treatment, but states also added telemedicine and dental care. The number of states adding benefits was the highest in at least a decade, according to the 50-state survey. Last year, 21 states expanded benefits.

Just six states moved to cut Medicaid benefits in fiscal 2016. Click here for this detailed report from the National Association of Medicaid Directors and Kaiser Foundation.