Venice mayor plans to revisit Medicaid expansion in January
Dec. 29—VENICE — Mayor
Feinsod plans to schedule a presentation by
"To me, it's a fiscally responsible move for the state to do this, and it's a socially responsible move for the state to do this," Feinsod said. "This resolution by the city is not a political statement; it is simply a statement of support for something that is beneficial to the lives of the people in the state and the fiscal responsibility of the state to the taxpayers, to do what's best with the taxpayers dollars.
"Politics aside, I think passing this resolution is a statement that the city of
When Feinsod brought the matter up at the
Council Member
Council Member
"This is not a political board we are on," she noted.
Council Member
Those three board members were on the short side of a 4-3 vote to postpone authorizing staff to draft a resolution urging the
Vice Mayor
When the
Dimperio noted that the
"We look at issues, we study them, we decide if, based on objective criteria analysis, if there's enough information for us to take a position," Dimperio said. "A lot of times we're silent on issues."
Recent analysis used by the League suggests that before the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 870,000 people in
Since then, the number of potentially eligible
The federal government covers about 90% of the cost of expansion, with money that
Dimperio said she would likely talk to the
"We have some pretty solid data both from the state of
When Gov.
Since the
"We can always leave, we can always withdraw — even if you have to call a special session, you can withdraw," Dimperio said.
"No other state has withdrawn from the program," she added. "People are happy with it."
"They're happy with the health care, they're happy with the bottom lines."
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