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Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:30 AM Jun 2014

VA Gov to State GOP: "I'm going to expand Medicaid without you."

BRAVO, Terry!


http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/va-gov-state-gop-im-going-expand-medicaid?utm_source=Crooks+and+Liars+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a41111105d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4904be7bc-a41111105d-327020361

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The governor announced his decision to expand Medicaid unilaterally during a press conference on Friday. He said he will use his executive power to expand Medicaid administratively, and asked the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to draw up plans for that project by the beginning of September. “I am moving forward,” he said, noting that lawmakers’ continued refusal to extend health care to an estimated 400,000 of the state’s poorest residents sends him “to bed every night with a pit in my stomach.”

He called the GOP’s decision to block Medicaid expansion “unconscionable.”

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VA Gov to State GOP: "I'm going to expand Medicaid without you." (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2014 OP
Democrats tend to govern, don't they? Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2014 #1
Oh, here we go Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2014 #2
K & R Scurrilous Jun 2014 #3
Shameless kick Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2014 #4
kick & recommended. William769 Jun 2014 #5

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
1. Democrats tend to govern, don't they?
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:35 AM
Jun 2014

Instead of obstruct. I've lost track of how many states still need to come into the ACA fold AKA the LIGHT!

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
2. Oh, here we go
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 02:08 PM
Jun 2014
http://kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/state-activity-around-expanding-medicaid-under-the-affordable-care-act/


Location
Current Status of Medicaid Expansion Decision
United States Implementing Expansion in 2014 (27 States including DC); Open Debate (3 States); Not Moving Forward at this Time (21 States)
Alabama Not Moving Forward at this Time
Alaska Not Moving Forward at this Time
Arizona Implementing Expansion in 2014
Arkansas Implementing Expansion in 20141
California Implementing Expansion in 2014
Colorado Implementing Expansion in 2014
Connecticut Implementing Expansion in 2014
Delaware Implementing Expansion in 2014
District of Columbia Implementing Expansion in 2014
Florida Not Moving Forward at this Time
Georgia Not Moving Forward at this Time
Hawaii Implementing Expansion in 2014
Idaho Not Moving Forward at this Time
Illinois Implementing Expansion in 2014
Indiana Open Debate2
Iowa Implementing Expansion in 20141
Kansas Not Moving Forward at this Time
Kentucky Implementing Expansion in 2014
Louisiana Not Moving Forward at this Time
Maine Not Moving Forward at this Time
Maryland Implementing Expansion in 2014
Massachusetts Implementing Expansion in 2014
Michigan Implementing Expansion in 20143
Minnesota Implementing Expansion in 2014
Mississippi Not Moving Forward at this Time
Missouri Not Moving Forward at this Time
Montana Not Moving Forward at this Time
Nebraska Not Moving Forward at this Time
Nevada Implementing Expansion in 2014
New Hampshire Implementing Expansion in 20144
New Jersey Implementing Expansion in 2014
New Mexico Implementing Expansion in 2014
New York Implementing Expansion in 2014
North Carolina Not Moving Forward at this Time
North Dakota Implementing Expansion in 2014
Ohio Implementing Expansion in 2014
Oklahoma Not Moving Forward at this Time
Oregon Implementing Expansion in 2014
Pennsylvania Open Debate2
Rhode Island Implementing Expansion in 2014
South Carolina Not Moving Forward at this Time
South Dakota Not Moving Forward at this Time
Tennessee Not Moving Forward at this Time
Texas Not Moving Forward at this Time
Utah Open Debate
Vermont Implementing Expansion in 2014
Virginia Not Moving Forward at this Time
Washington Implementing Expansion in 2014
West Virginia Implementing Expansion in 2014
Wisconsin Not Moving Forward at this Time5
Wyoming Not Moving Forward at this Time
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