Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 4:02:40 GMT -6
Voters back hospitals' plan on Medicaid expansion, CNU poll finds
A majority of voters say Virginia lawmakers should accept Virginia hospitals’ offer to cover the state’s share of Medicaid expansion, according to a newly released survey by Christopher Newport University.
But respondents are wary of whether Washington would come up with its share of the funding.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe is again pushing for Medicaid expansion through the state budget, but Republicans in the General Assembly say it’s a nonstarter.
A trio of private teaching hospitals is pushing a provider assessment — once derided as a “bed tax” — to collect extra federal Medicaid dollars to help them pay for uncompensated indigent care and graduate medical school residencies.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_5e44ee82-7304-53a4-a704-49c4bdeccfa9.html
A majority of voters say Virginia lawmakers should accept Virginia hospitals’ offer to cover the state’s share of Medicaid expansion, according to a newly released survey by Christopher Newport University.
But respondents are wary of whether Washington would come up with its share of the funding.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe is again pushing for Medicaid expansion through the state budget, but Republicans in the General Assembly say it’s a nonstarter.
A trio of private teaching hospitals is pushing a provider assessment — once derided as a “bed tax” — to collect extra federal Medicaid dollars to help them pay for uncompensated indigent care and graduate medical school residencies.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_5e44ee82-7304-53a4-a704-49c4bdeccfa9.html