Medicaid expansion

Could Virginia Dems Force Gov. McDonnell To Embrace Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion?

Brian Beutler | February 5, 2013, 10:45AM

Bob McDonnell

If you're wondering whether any conservative governors will seek cover under John Kasich's decision to embrace the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, check out what's happening in the Virginia legislature.

Virginia Democrats, who control half the seats in the state's Senate, are threatening to derail Gov. Bob McDonnell's key legislative priorities unless the new state budget expands Medicaid unconditionally.

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