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Other states are watching as the federal government appears likely to allow the two states to use federal Medicaid dollars to purchase private coverage on their insurance exchanges.
Reporters on the ground in Colorado, Florida and Minnesota discuss the most significant developments to happen in their states since the law's passage and what future challenges they see ahead.
Chances for the Florida Legislature approving an alternate plan that would accomplish the same goals are looking up.
Medicaid managed care plans prepare for as many as 10 million new members in 2014-- and billions in additional revenue.
House speaker talks about his family's reliance on "safety net" help when he was young, but he still opposes health law's new Medicaid funding.
Tar Heel State will not be expanding Medicaid. Carol Steckel explains that before the state can contemplate expanding the program, "We've got to clean up internally."
Republicans in the Texas House agreed not to expand Medicaid, but left the door open to doing so if the Obama administration grants the state enough flexibility.
Federal funding for Medicaid is untouched but doctors, hospitals and other Medicare providers will see a 2 percent reduction.
Doctors, consumer groups cheer expansion, worry that for-profit health plans may cut corners.
Can for-profit health insurance companies be trusted to take care of the vulnerable, expensive patients who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid? In Arizona, a state that has been known to resist federal health programs, private companies have been doing just that for many years.
Although Medicare and Medicaid will be largely unscathed in the March 1 sequestration, other health-related efforts including medical research, mental health treatments and drug approvals face reductions.
The Affordable Care Act will usher at least seven million more Americans into Medicaid next year, but the question of whether enough doctors will be there to welcome them is keeping some state health policymakers up at night.
Alabama lawmakers will soon consider a proposal from Gov. Robert Bentley for a Medicaid overhaul based in part on Oregon's groundbreaking "community care organizations." Although Bentley has said he would not support an expansion of Medicaid "under its current structure," the expected reforms are seen as paving the way for a possible expansion as early as 2015.
The federal government gave the green light to Florida to put its long-term-care Medicaid patients into managed care. The big question now is: Will it work?
Starting this year, the state -- hoping to control costs and improve quality -- has moved almost all of its Medicaid recipients into managed care plans.
Medicaid-eligible seniors who need long-term care likely will start enrolling later this year in HMOs and another type of health plan known as a "provider service network." The long-term care changes are the first phase of a controversial proposal to shift Medicaid beneficiaries statewide into managed care.
Video: In his second inaugural speech Monday, President Barack Obama discussed the need to reduce health costs -- but also defended the importance of Medicare and Medicaid.
Few states are poised to spend their own money to reverse as much as a decade of budget cutbacks in mental health care.
At a White House news conference Monday, President Obama discusses how he sees Medicare, Medicaid and other health care spending factoring into the looming conflict over raising the federal debt ceiling.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who helped create the Children's Health Insurance Program and fought to protect the social safety net, says he will not seek reelection in 2014.
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