ObamaCare fix hinges on Medicaid clash in Senate

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The Hill:

The most divisive issue for Senate Republicans when it comes to repealing and replacing ­ObamaCare is what to do with Medicaid.

 

The Affordable Care Act gave states the option of accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor and disabled. Millions of people gained health insurance after 31 states — including many with Republican governors — decided to accept the deal.

 

Repealing ­­ObamaCare would end the Medicaid expansion, cutting federal funds to all of those states.

 

Some Republicans want to save the expansion at least through a transition period during which states would continue to get additional federal funds.

Others, including lawmakers from states that didn’t take the expansion, say all of ­ObamaCare has to go, with no long, costly transition period for Medicaid.