The Partnership for Medicaid is a non-partisan, nationwide coalition made up of organizations representing clinicians, safety net health plans and counties. The American Dental Association (ADA) is a member of the Partnership for Medicaid and supports their initiative on a new legislation to incentivize states to expand Medicaid for its constituents.

The partnership sent an official letter to thank the lawmakers who introduced the States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act (SAME Act). This legislation would allow states that did not decide to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) access to the same level of increased federal financial support.

The SAME Act addresses the financial disparity that was created for states that decided to join after January 1, 2014. These states were not eligible for the same financial support as the states that decided to join immediately. As a result of that, they lost hundreds of millions of dollars in federal assistance. The new act resolves this financial disparity based on date of application by giving the opportunity to all states to secure the same level of federal financial support for their Medicaid expansion population.