AXIOS July 31, 2019
Caitlin Owens

As Democratic presidential candidates debate their ideal health care system, blue states are making incremental — yet significant — changes to the existing one.

Why it matters: In the states where they have power, Democrats are creating a blueprint for how the ACA could evolve under Democratic control in Washington.

Where it stands: California recently passed the most ambitious expansions of the ACA to date.

  • It made the ACA’s premium subsidies available to middle-class people, and made undocumented children and young adult immigrants eligible for the state Medicaid program.
  • “This isn’t just the ACA warmed over. This is actually taking steps beyond it to make it better,” said Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California,...

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