Those people are covered today thanks to Ohio’s 2013 decision via Gov. John Kasich to extend Medicaid – a social safety net program jointly funded by the federal and state government – to those earning up to 138% of the federal poverty line. For a family of four, that’s about $44,000 per year.

Medicaid is funded jointly by federal and state taxes. Unlike the rest of New England, New Hampshire would automatically sunset its Medicaid expansion program if the federal government’s match ever falls below 90 percent.