Governors discuss expansion of state Medicaid programs

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Welcome to Williamsburg.

Virginia town that shows people what life was like in colonial times before Medicaid but.

-- expansion of state Medicaid programs -- what's dominating discussions among more than two.

Doesn't governors at this weekend's National Governors Association meeting here.

With some saying expanding Medicaid and -- -- states might do more harm than good so they might opt out.

The Supreme Court now -- given us an option.

I wanna make sure recover people have additional safety net but I'm not doing it.

Lets you give us vast.

Authority to reform and implement some creative things in our state and -- guarantee you're gonna pay for.

You promise to pay 90% of it for a long time but you broke.

You're sixteen trillion in -- how you gonna pay for under.

The Affordable Care Act the federal government will pay the full cost of Medicaid expansion for three.

Years but then the states must start gradually picking up some of the tab and that scares some governors.

I think is unsustainable not just -- Wisconsin.

We're just about every other state across the country it's a huge tax increase are ready as defined by Supreme Court but on top of that.

It would be a huge tax increase state by state.

If we were gonna -- of the program the way -- suggest.

Some democratic governors -- cost conscious as well but several still think opting into the Medicaid expansion is the right thing to do.

We obviously don't wanna be left -- in the bag if the federal government and -- are reducing their funding.

But we we we believe it makes sense for -- but Connecticut's governor says his state is all in and he predicted.

That every state will opt in and take the federal money but.

For political reasons many will wait until after the election no one is is that stupid.

To put their stated that kind of disadvantage and the chairman of the National Governors Association Nebraska Republican governor Dave Heineman says there will be fifteen.

Different state solutions when it comes to health care.

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