Hands out: GOP governors who turned down Medicaid $$ are now asking for funds to insure low-income..
Source: Associated Press
THURSDAY, JAN 19, 2017 07:55 AM EST
Hands out: GOP governors who turned down Medicaid money are now asking for funds to insure low-income Americans
Medicaid expansion was a non-starter under President Obama. But now, governors are singing a different tune
THOMAS BEAUMONT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
DES MOINES, Iowa Republican governors who turned down billions in federal dollars from an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obamas health care law now have their hands out in hopes the GOP Congress comes up with a new formula to provide insurance for low-income Americans.
The other GOP governors who agreed to expand state-run services in exchange for federal help more than a dozen out of the 31 states are adamant that Congress maintain the financing that has allowed them to add millions of low-income people to the health insurance rolls.
These two groups of Republicans embody the difficulty the emboldened GOP congressional majorities face: Make good on their promises to repeal the 2010 health care law while preserving popular provisions.
Republican governors and lieutenant governors plan to plead their cases with GOP leaders and the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday as the GOP majority has taken the first step to dismantling the law.
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