Friday, July 13

Even During an ElectionYear...

"While the resistance of Republican governors has dominated the debate over the health-care law...a number of Democratic governors are also quietly voicing concerns about" the Medicaid expansion provision, as "at least seven Democratic governors have been noncommittal about their willingness to go along with" it. The Post notes that "the range of state leaders expressing unease suggests that implementing the law could be rough going, with divisions not always breaking along party lines." Meanwhile, the National Governors Association, as well as the Republican Governors Association and the National Association of Medicaid Directors, sent "a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius this week with a voluminous list of queries."

Full Article Here - http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2012/07/12/gJQAF4RAfW_story.html