All posts tagged "Medicaid Expansion"

The Virginia Speaker of the House has recently used a series of gimmicks and unusual tricks -- including having Capitol Police enter the governor's unoccupied office, and refusing to recognize line-item vetoes -- to push through a budget that blocks expanded health care for the poor.

A Democratic state senator is expected on Monday to announce that he is resigning, allowing Republicans to take control of the Virginia Senate after they promised important jobs to him and his daughter.

By Gary Robertson

Although they’re unlikely to win the legislative fight to kill the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have already succeeded in keeping millions of Americans from getting health insurance.

(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that attempted to make the state's expansion of Medicaid eligibility permanent under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday.

By David Schwartz