Executive Council approves Medicaid expansion contract
By Garry Rayno, The New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester | |
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The contract with the two managed-care companies -- N.H. Healthy Families and Well Sense -- that administer the state's
The contract was not on the
He asked to put the vote off for two weeks until he and other councilors had more time to digest the contract and talk to the managed care companies, but Health and Human Services Commissioner
"Without an approved contract, much of that work cannot really begin," Toumpas said. "To delay to
He said the contract was the cornerstone of the program and critical to its moving forward.
Gov.
"I'd be happy to take a break if you want to make some phone calls," Hassan said to Sununu, "but to wait almost three weeks concerns me because that delay will cause thousands of
Councilors
"There is not a lot of new information," Pappas said. "This is too important not to act today."
"Don't tie my shoes together and then tell me I'm shuffling,"
Sununu said his hesitation has nothing to do with
He said he did not want to waste everyone's time and said he would vote against the contract anyway.
"Our primary purpose in this state is to be a check and balance, and we rubber stamped this contract without reading it," Sununu said after the meeting. "I don't understand why (all the councilors were not) saying give us a couple of days."
A bipartisan group of senators, including
For the next two-and-a-half years, the federal government pays 100 percent of the cost of the program.
The state initially estimated 50,000 poor adults would qualify, but Toumpas said Wednesday he now expects the newly eligible population to exceed that figure.
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