(AP)- Republican-led states that signed onto Medicaid expansion are in
a tough spot as they wonder if president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to dump the
Affordable Care Act means the expansion goes away.
Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer fought her own Republican party in the state
Legislature to push through expansion three years ago.
Brewer now hopes one of the pillars of President Barack Obama’s health care
law can be saved. She says there’s no more cost-effective way to provide
insurance to the working poor. Nearly 400,000 Arizonans have gained Medicaid
insurance since Brewer’s proposal took effect in 2014 and about 9 million
nationwide.
Many officials in the GOP-led states that embraced expansion are also strong
proponents of the program.
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