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BIRMINGHAM, AL – JANUARY 28, 2014:
Earnest Maiden attempted to purchase health insurance
for himself in December 2013 but was unable to do so after he learned he was ineligible for subsidies. Maiden works as a hair stylist and brought home approximately $11,000 in 2013 – an income far too high to qualify him for Medicaid, but too little to qualify him for subsidies. Under the Affordable Care Act, the expansion of Medicaid was intended to provide coverage for very-low-income people, but the decision by states to opt out of the expansion has left the poorest residents without assistance of any kind.
CREDIT: Bob Miller for The Wall Street Journal
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Earnest Maiden attempted to purchase health insurance
for himself in December 2013 but was unable to do so after he learned he was ineligible for subsidies. Maiden works as a hair stylist and brought home approximately $11,000 in 2013 – an income far too high to qualify him for Medicaid, but too little to qualify him for subsidies. Under the Affordable Care Act, the expansion of Medicaid was intended to provide coverage for very-low-income people, but the decision by states to opt out of the expansion has left the poorest residents without assistance of any kind.
CREDIT: Bob Miller for The Wall Street Journal
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