Virginia GOP Wants To Adopt Obamacare While Claiming It's Not

Virginia Republicans have proposed a new plan to expand Medicaid under Obamacare -- while touting that they've rejected the law's expansion of the health care program.

The Washington Post reported that the state senate's finance committee has released a proposal to use Medicaid expansion dollars to help people purchase private insurance on HealthCare.gov, the same alternative model already being used in Arkansas.

That model needed the Obama administration's approval and used federal Medicaid funding authorized through Obamacare. But when introducing their plan, Republican legislative leadership claimed victory over the president's signature legislative accomplishment.

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has made expanding Medicaid a priority since taking office in January and he voiced support for the Senate proposal in a statement.

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