Alaska Legislature will sue Gov. Walker to block Medicaid expansion

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Source: Anchorage Daily News

The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday said it will sue Gov. Bill Walker to block his move last month to expand the public Medicaid health care program without lawmakers’ approval.

Following a private discussion Tuesday morning, a Republican-controlled House-Senate committee voted 10-1 to spend up to $450,000 on two law firms to represent the Legislature in a suit against the governor.

The governor, a Republican-turned-independent, promised to expand Medicaid during his campaign last year, which saw him endorsed by the state Democratic Party.

Walker’s administration says the expansion would make some 40,000 low-income residents newly eligible for Medicaid and actually reduce Alaska’s budget by replacing state money with federal funding.

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"my father is in desperate need of heart surgery and is waiting it out untill September 1st-Heartless selfish people,all of you"

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1. Wow, there's no depth that they won't sink to. Is that taxpayer money?

Heartless, mean-spirited monsters. When will people finally get fed up and vote these cretins out of office?

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2. I have been asking that question for a very long time.

[KT2000]

3. without medicaid expansion

I would not have been able to see a doctor about flashing light in one eye.Would have just had to ride it out until I was blind in one eye. Republicans are so kind and compassionate - NOT! They are cruel and mean and take pleasure knowing others are suffering and they are not.

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4. What about Bristol Palin ?

As an unwed mother with her 2nd fetus, will she continue to get healthcare?