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Committee introduces RS 31896, a measure to repeal Medicaid expansion for further study
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to introduce RS 31896, a proposal to repeal Medicaid expansion, after members debated fiscal impacts, potential effects on rural hospitals and county indigent funds and requested a fuller fiscal review.
Representative John Bandarata, sponsor of RS 31896, told the House Health and Welfare Committee that the proposal would repeal Medicaid expansion. "I bring before you RS 3,1896, which is a repeal of Medicaid expansion," he said during the committee's RS hearing and asked the panel to introduce the resolution for further discussion.
Members pressed fiscal questions and raised concerns about downstream impacts if the state dropped expansion. One lawmaker noted the bill's fiscal note estimates roughly $110,000,000 in state savings but…
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