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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Virginia governor, lawmakers fail to reach Medicaid deal

(Reuters) - Virginia's Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, and the state's Republican-dominated House of Delegates on Monday failed to reach an agreement over Medicaid expansion during the first day of a special session called in hopes of reaching a budget deal.

The impasse over Medicaid, the federal health care program for the poor, is holding up passage of a two-year, $96 billion budget. If the two sides fail to reach a deal by July 1, the state government could grind to a halt. Legislators deadlocked over the budget during a 60-day regular session that ended March 8.

McAuliffe, a former Democratic Party fundraiser, proposed on Monday a two-year pilot expansion of Medicaid, which could be terminated if it is unsuccessful, but the proposal was rejected by the House Appropriations Committee.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

good luck virginia, you elected him

Anonymous said...

They would have had a Republican Governor if the GOP and the idiots did not support a 3rd Party candidate.

Anonymous said...

Rueters makes me puke..comments from libtards blame reps....NOT... once again demoturds hold budgets hostage to more tax burdens.....i.e BITE FROM THE NANNY FEDERAL APPLE