Suit challenging Ariz. gov's Medicaid plan tossed

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Suit challenging Ariz. gov's Medicaid plan tossed
By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press | February 8, 2014 | Updated: February 8, 2014 5:43pm

PHOENIX (AP) — A lawsuit challenging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion plan that was filed by fellow Republicans in the state Legislature was dismissed in a ruling released Saturday, handing Brewer a major victory in her battle against conservative members of her own party.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper agreed with Brewer that the lawmakers challenging the law don't have the right to sue, saying their argument was incorrect that a hospital assessment included in House Bill 2010 that passed in June was, in fact, a tax that required a supermajority vote of the Legislature under Arizona's Constitution.

Cooper's ruling, dated Friday, said it is the Legislature itself that determines if a two-thirds vote is required under a voter-approved constitutional amendment called Proposition 108.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers Brewer assembled to support her plan voted not to impose that requirement on the law, which expanded the state's health insurance program for the poor, known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS, and imposed the hospital assessment.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/medical/article/Suit-challenging-Ariz-gov-s-Medicaid-plan-tossed-5217207.php

[davidpdx]

1. Too bad we can't toss some eggs at her

She always had the look on her face like she's fried anyway.

[Merlot]

2. This is probably the ONE and ONLY good decision she'll make as gov

I wonder how much it tortured her soul while she was considering giving health care to poor people?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "handing Brewer a major victory..."

"...in her battle against conservative members of her own party."

You mean there are loons further to the right then her?