This Politico Pro article highlights the logistic issues currently facing states that have not yet decided to expand their Medicaid eligibility criteria and take advantage of the feds paying the full bill for several years.  Jason Millman also writes that for states that have not yet said yes it may be 2015 before they can tap into those monies.  Kansas is one of five states leaning toward not participating.  New York is leaning toward participating.  And the remainder have declared one way or the other.  For a good map of the current national situation click here.

By JASON MILLMAN | 5/23/13 5:09 AM EDT

“States still mired in the fight over the Obamacare Medicaid expansion are starting to give up on their first year of full funding — and it’s unclear whether they would be able to tap into the money before 2015.  Expansion remains an open question in about a dozen states after months of legislative fights. As more states continue to wrap up their budgets, some are already looking to next year’s legislative sessions as their next shot at the expansion, even amid calls for state legislatures to return for special sessions.”