Gov. Evers Urging Voters To Pressure Lawmakers on Medicaid Expansion
Saturday, May 11th, 2019 -- 7:19 AM
Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is urging voters to pressure Republican lawmakers to reconsider his Medicaid expansion plan.According to the Associated Press, the Republican-controlled budget committee voted Thursday on removing Medicaid expansion and a host of Evers' other priorities from his two-year spending plan. The vote kills those priorities for now, but they could be re-introduced later. Evers tweeted Thursday that the vote means Republicans would "gut funding" to "help moms and babies, increase dental care services, improve long-term care, and much more."
Evers wants to leverage federal money for Medicaid expansion to increase spending on other health care needs by $1.6 billion. Republicans object to adding 82,000 people to Wisconsin's Medicaid program and say it would disrupt the private insurance market. Republicans control the Legislature and can block anything Evers wants.
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