States forgo billions by opting out of Medicaid expansion

By Tami Luhby @Luhby July 1, 2013: 5:31 AM ET Not all states are participating in Medicaid expansion. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Nearly half the nation's states are opting not to expand Medicaid to all of their low-income residents, leaving billions of federal dollars on the table and millions of poor Americans uninsured. At least 21 states are opting out of Medicaid expansion for next year. In another six states, legislators are still weighing their options, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is tracking the states' plans. The Supreme Court changed the Obamacare rules last June when it decided that governors and lawmakers could opt out of widening their Medicaid rosters. Under the...