How it works depends on the state because a lot of Republican governors wanted to stick it to Obama and poor people by not expanding Medicaid as intended under the ACA.
That said, the Medicaid expansion definitely puts people on Medicaid! That's a big part of the reason why it's politically suicidal to repeal the ACA.
That said, the Medicaid expansion definitely puts people on Medicaid! That's a big part of the reason why it's politically suicidal to repeal the ACA.
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/what-coverage-and-fi...
> Between Summer 2013, just prior to the ACA, and September 2016, there was a net increase in Medicaid and CHIP enrollment of 15.7 million people.