Medicaid expansion embraced by poor.

• Position: Affordable Care Act - Brief article

Low-income adults overwhelmingly support Medicaid expansion and think the government-sponsored program offers health care coverage that is comparable to--or even better in quality than--private health insurance, according to a study from researchers at Harvard University, Cambridge. Mass.

"In the debate over whether states should participate in Medicaid expansion, we rarely hear the perspectives of those people most directly impacted by policies surrounding Medicaid," says study coauthor Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of health policy and economics. "Our survey shows that expanding Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is quite popular among lower-income Americans and that they generally consider Medicaid to be good coverage."

Under ObamaCare, states can choose whether or not to expand Medicaid to adults with incomes below 138% of the Federal poverty level. So far, 27 states and Washington, D.C. are...