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Medicaid increase on House floor prompts questions about cash balances, teachers' pay and next-year risks
Summary
As the House considered the Medicaid conference report, members warned that rising Medicaid costs and use of cash balances limit the Legislature’s ability to fund other priorities, including teacher pay; conferees said the budget increase was vetted and necessary to meet operational demands.
Conferees explained the Medicaid conference report on the House floor and several members pressed for information about what drove the increase in state funding, how cash balances were being used and how the Medicaid escalation affected other priorities.
"We told them, 'Take that 600 million and spend it,'" said Representative Miss Scott in a floor…
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