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2016 Postmortem

johnnyrocket

(1,773 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2013, 10:46 PM Nov 2013

Does this mean Virginia will get an ACA health exchange?

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Does this mean Virginia will get an ACA health exchange? (Original Post) johnnyrocket Nov 2013 OP

Don't think so... BlueDemKev Nov 2013 #1

It will probably mean VA will expand Medicaid frazzled Nov 2013 #2

Terry promised to expand Medicaid IronLionZion Nov 2013 #3

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)

1. Don't think so...

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 10:50 PM

Nov 2013

The GOP legislature would have to approve it.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

2. It will probably mean VA will expand Medicaid

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 10:53 PM

Nov 2013

under ACA to include those earning 133% of poverty level. I read earlier that this will mean 400,000 Virginians who otherwise would have fallen through the cracks will get health insurance.

IronLionZion

(45,528 posts)

3. Terry promised to expand Medicaid

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2013, 08:00 AM

Nov 2013

There hasn't been much talk of the exchange, I think that ship may have sailed already, which is unfortunate for Virginia. Big states really should build their own.

http://terrymcauliffe.com/on-the-issues/healthcare/healthcare-policy/

"A Virginia exchange. Terry believes that we should have implemented a state run exchange when we had the chance. Now that a plan for a modified version of a federally administered exchange is being developed, Virginia should continue to move incrementally toward Virginia control while learning from our peer states’ implementation efforts."

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