I am sure that the idea was to replace the state children’s insurance with another state plan that was available from the exchanges. That is what they did in WA. They started earlier, though. WA state sent out letters to all Medicaid recipients that said that Medicaid was being wrapped into the new Apple Care State insurance program through the insurance exchange.
So, essentially, not only did Obama’s numbers cover all regular and expanded Medicaid enrollees, but they also counted the children separately from their parents.
Apple Health in Washington State always was Medicaid.
The recent change, besides the Expansion of Medicaid, is that Apple Health is now administered by Washington Healthplanfinder, not DSHS.