KFF: 4.4M would gain coverage if Medicaid was expanded nationwide

An additional 4.4 million people would gain insurance coverage if the ACA’s Medicaid expansion were implemented nationwide, according to a new report.

All told, that accounts for 36% of the current uninsured, nonelderly population in the U.S., according to a Kaiser Family Foundation brief.

In some states, more than half of people in that population would be eligible for Medicaid under expansion. For example, 54% of Alabama’s population, or about 223,000 people, would qualify for coverage. In Mississippi, about 53% of the population, or 123,000 uninsured, nonelderly adults, would be covered.