Legislators, health care lobbies, governor’s office discussing Medicaid-expansion plans
By Mike Dennison, The Montana Standard, Butte | |
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"I think there are a lot of folks trying to come up with a solution," said Sen.
"If we can find a way to do it, we will; if we can't, we can't."
Buttrey and others said the coalition would like to devise a
"
Under President
Yet two dozen states, including
Bullock supports
After the
"We wanted to start working early on before the next Legislature, to flesh out the data and answer some of the questions," said
The coalition includes the MMA, hospitals, some legislative leaders, the
Yet the MMA and business leaders say they're not supporting a "straight"
Instead, they want to use the federal
Last week, coalition members met in
The
"One of my goals was to get
Buttrey said the group also is looking at reforming the entire
Sen.
The governor's office, however, said such a plan probably wouldn't meet federal approval, because it doesn't offer coverage to everyone under 138 percent of the poverty level.
Nonetheless, Thomas said he thinks his group and the coalition will strive to find some agreement on a proposal by the time the 2015 Legislature convenes next January.
"I suspect there will be a conference of these ideas brought together, with Republicans, Democrats, and health care professionals coming together to find the common ground that creates a far better solution in health care than is being forced on us today from the federal government," he said.
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