Virginia politics: Chance for Medicaid expansion with dueling budgets?
So far, nobody in
There's a long way to go.
Since covering more low-income Virginians generates some
The
"I'm confident that when we get to the end there will be more people covered," said
"I've already asked [
But it will be a challenge, Norment said. If there is a middle ground, it would probably involve finding a source of money other than the hospital tax, he said. It could mean looking for savings by shifting some low-income Virginians whose care now falls entirely on the state, to Medicaid plans that don't draw as much federal support as full Medicaid expansion does.
Incentives to compromise
There are some spurs to action.
"We can't get out of here until we have a budget, after all," said Del.
Stark disagreement over Medicaid expansion almost led to a government shutdown in 2014. That year, a Republican-led House stood strong against expansion under Obamacare, while the evenly split
A budget deal, with no Medicaid expansion, emerged in June only after the surprise resignation of Democratic Sen.
Still, the power of the governor, working with the lieutenant governor, to change the budget worries senators. While the lieutenant governor can't break a
Politicking
Politics will matter.
Twenty
So far,
"Make no mistake about it -- Medicaid expansion is closer to happening in
Some form of Medicaid expansion appears to be on the horizon, according to Farnsworth and
The key decisions will come down in a couple of weeks, when lawmakers chosen by each chamber -- called conferees -- will meet and try to hash out a deal to make one budget.
"It's important to remember that these
That House's willingness to move on Medicaid expansion could give the
"The question is whether this really has to do with the Medicaid expansion or whether there's something else that the
What could that bargaining chip be? "I don't know that," McGlennon said with a laugh.
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Weissmann's biggest case involved prosecutions of more than 30 people on charges related to the 2001 collapse of energy conglomerate Enron.
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