Arizona Governor Wants Federal Medicaid Expansion
Posted at 2:15 p.m. on Jan. 15
The Arizona Daily Sun reports that Gov. Jan Brewer (R) urged the state legislature to expand Arizona’s Medicaid program under President Obama’s health care reform law, arguing that “it makes no sense not to take the federal dollars.”
“In her fifth State of the State speech, Brewer said she shares concerns that expanding eligibility to everyone up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level will end up costing the state a lot more. Arizona now covers most people below 100 percent… she promises to put ‘circuit breakers’ into the law to ensure Arizona is not stuck with the bill.”
Matthew Yglesias notes that Brewer “took the key anti-expansion talking point and wants to address the concern rather than using it as a pretext.”
