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Health Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid

Health Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Saturday, March 18th 2017 at 8:41PM · 612 views
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Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House GOP health care bill has competition from other Republicans, a group of governors who've made their own proposal about how to overhaul Medicaid for low-income people. They're hoping GOP senators will find their ideas more persuasive.

It's a gradual approach, with additional options for states. It's likely to involve more federal spending than the House bill, but also keep more people covered. In the end, though, the governors are still talking about fundamental change.

Four GOP governors are pushing the plan, saying they represent most of the 33 Republican state chief executives. There's no inkling of any involvement by Democratic governors, and it's hard to conceive of such major changes without them.

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