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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Thu Feb 27, 2014, 05:10 PM Feb 2014

Utah GOP governor rejects full Medicaid expansion

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Utah-GOP-governor-rejects-full-Medicaid-expansion-5274224.php

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's Republican governor has announced he wants to reject a full Medicaid expansion, and instead seek federal dollars to cover the poor.

Gov. Gary Herbert made the announcement Thursday afternoon, saying the state has an obligation to cover the poor by plugging a hole in the safety net.

The governor, who is one of the last in the country to announce a decision, is generally opposed to the federal health law but says his decision will help people pay for health coverage in the private market.

Herbert still needs to secure the support of Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature, which has been debating several lawmaker-generated options.

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Color me confused. Doesn't Utah get federal dollars by ACCEPTING the Medicaid expansion ?

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Utah GOP governor rejects full Medicaid expansion (Original Post) steve2470 Feb 2014 OP

perhaps they aren't on the hook to pay 10% of the extra costs under his formulation Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #1

Pretzel_Warrior

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1. perhaps they aren't on the hook to pay 10% of the extra costs under his formulation

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 05:13 PM

Feb 2014

my understanding (even though it is a daft argument) is that these governors and legislators say the first 3 years of 100% coverage will be tough to maintain in follow on years when the state will be required to pay some percentage of the expanded Medicare costs (I think it's 10%). Why tough to maintain? Because these jackals only want to keep lowering taxes. Which is another reason K-12 education sucks in so many places.

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