Post by pavel on Mar 4, 2016 4:56:48 GMT -6
Key Medicaid expansion supporters in the Arkansas Legislature beat their opponents in Republican primaries. That will make it easier to persuade lawmakers to support Arkansas Works, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday.
"Arkansas Works was on the ballot in the context of those who believe in providing common sense practical solutions to Arkansas ... standing up to those that are single issue or misconstrue the vote and misrepresent the vote," the governor told about 250 people attending a Political Animals Club luncheon in Little Rock.
But legislative leaders agreed that the primary results shouldn't be taken as a voter mandate to continue the Medicaid expansion, in which the state is using federal funds to buy private health insurance for low-income Arkansans.
Instead, some lawmakers said the wins by Arkansas Works supporters demonstrate a limited reach of deep-pocketed groups like Conduit for Action, which sought to link the program to Obamacare.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/mar/03/governor-says-vote-buoys-his-medicaid-p-1/?f=elections
"Arkansas Works was on the ballot in the context of those who believe in providing common sense practical solutions to Arkansas ... standing up to those that are single issue or misconstrue the vote and misrepresent the vote," the governor told about 250 people attending a Political Animals Club luncheon in Little Rock.
But legislative leaders agreed that the primary results shouldn't be taken as a voter mandate to continue the Medicaid expansion, in which the state is using federal funds to buy private health insurance for low-income Arkansans.
Instead, some lawmakers said the wins by Arkansas Works supporters demonstrate a limited reach of deep-pocketed groups like Conduit for Action, which sought to link the program to Obamacare.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/mar/03/governor-says-vote-buoys-his-medicaid-p-1/?f=elections