The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expands Medicaid so that it can provide health insurance to a larger pool of low income uninsured adults, including adults with no children and whose incomes are below about $16,000 a year. …
In the Deep South states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina, political opposition to the expansion is strong. … This study examines how the public in these states views the Affordable Care Act generally and the Medicaid expansion specifically. [cont.].
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies