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(AP) - A list of the states not expanding Medicaid under the 2010 federal health care law and the number of residents who will fall in to a health care gap between the current Medicaid eligibility guidelines of their state and the tax credits available under the law to help people pay for private insurance.
TOTAL _ 4,831,590
Alabama _ 191,320
Alaska _ 17,290
Florida _ 763,890
Georgia _ 409,350
Idaho _ 54,780
Indiana _ 181,930
Kansas _ 77,920
Louisiana _ 242,150
Maine _ 24,390
Mississippi _ 137,800
Missouri _ 193,420
Montana _ 40,140
Nebraska _ 32,570
New Hampshire _ 26,190
North Carolina _ 318,710
Oklahoma _ 144,480
Pennsylvania _ 281,290
South Carolina _ 194,330
South Dakota _ 25,480
Tennessee _ 161,650
Texas _ 1,046,430
Utah _ 57,850
Virginia _ 190,840
Wisconsin _ 0
Wyoming _ 17,390
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Note: Wisconsin declined to expand Medicaid but is effectively eliminating its gap by pursuing its own partial expansion.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
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