Fifteen Governors Reject Or Leaning Against Expanded Medicaid Program?
Before Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, states had the option of either increasing their Medicaid rolls or being penalized by the federal government. The high court struck down that offer as unconstitutional.
Governors still have a financial incentive to participate in the expansion of coverage for low-income people, since the government will foot most of the bill through 2016. But the decision is also loaded with politics, particularly for Republican governors who are adamantly opposed to “ObamaCare.”
“You can make the political call real quick, but the actual decision is a complicated one,” said Matt Salo of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. “Governors are going to be looking at the numbers and asking: Does this make sense for us?”
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- Roger47 2012/07/03 20:35:45
+1Under Medicaid as it has existed in the past, the federal government reimburses the states 40% of their Medicaid costs. Under Obamacare, the federal government will reimburse 100%.. They are stupid to turn this money down.reply - Outta' Here. 2012/07/03 20:13:42+1
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