Hill GOP asks governors to help save Obamacare repeal
Source: CNN
Updated 11:16 AM ET, Thu February 23, 2017
Kasich vows to defend Medicaid from GOP cuts
Story highlights
Republican governors are likely to be the driving force behind entitlement reform
Republicans are hoping to unveil a plan in March
(CNN)Congressional Republicans struggling over how to repeal Obamacare are stuck on a key problem: what to do with the millions of people in 31 states covered under the dramatic expansion of Medicaid the law enabled.
So they have privately turned to a handful of governors to help resolve the issue -....................
The discussions underscore another key point: While President Donald Trump promises to soon unveil his own health care plan, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are drafting the bill -- while the Republican governors are likely to be the driving force behind the major entitlement reform over Medicaid coverage.
The stakes for Republicans are already high. At town halls this week, GOP lawmakers are getting earfuls from voters unhappy with possible rollbacks to Obamacare, and at times struggling to defend a replacement bill that doesn't yet exist.
At the center of the talks are four governors who have taken different approaches to Medicaid: Walker and Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee, whose states did not expand Medicaid under the law; and two governors from states that did: Kasich and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. The discussions are likely to continue at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington this week, and as Kasich privately meets later this week with Trump at the White House.................
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/medicaid-scott-walker-republicans/index.html
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