Thursday, January 1, 2015

GOP legislators thwart governors' bids to expand Medicaid

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2014 file photo Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam speaks at the state Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose “Obamacare.” While some of these governors themselves have criticized the president’s health care law in general, they’ve come to see one component -- Medicaid expansion -- as too generous to reject. But they’re battling conservative lawmakers who say it’s better to turn down billions of federal dollars than to expand Medicaid under the 2010 law. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors across the political spectrum are hitting the same roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose "Obamacare."








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