By Modern Healthcare | May 18, 2013
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Jan Brewer, one of the fiercest Obamacare critics among Republican governors, rallied support last week for raising Medicaid eligibility in order to draw federal funding under the healthcare law. FULL STORY »
Republican governors backing an expansion of Medicaid continue to hit headwinds in those efforts, and it is unclear what lessons can be drawn from the outcomes experienced by two of their colleagues. FULL STORY »
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | April 22, 2013
Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the reform law could have unexpected consequences for states where GOP lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare." FULL STORY »
Arkansas' Medicaid expansion—potentially a model for many other states—has begun to advance in the legislature and supporters are optimistic about its prospects. FULL STORY »
Seven states in total have applied to run insurance exchanges in tandem with the federal government after four more applied, leaving the feds to operate the marketplaces in at least 26 states in 2014, according to HHS. FULL STORY »
Despite renewed assurances that the federal government will have its insurance exchanges ready to begin enrollments Oct. 1, the senior Senate health policy Democrat demanded more details on the secretive effort. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | January 19, 2013
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Whether millions of Americans get the coverage envisioned in the healthcare reform law will come down to this: whether governors can stomach leaving federal money on the table. Even some of the law's fiercest critics now say they won't. FULL STORY »
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