Hey look more Republican slashes to Medicaid.
But wait, there’s more. And yes, it involves the Roberts Court…
But wait, there’s more. And yes, it involves the Roberts Court…
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Steven T. Dennis
RON JOHNSON says Trump and Senate leaders agreed to back Rick Scott's amendment to phase out the 90% Medicaid match for expansion population under the ACA.
"We can't afford it," said Johnson, expressing confidence they can get the votes.
Guts part of Obamacare...
"We can't afford it," said Johnson, expressing confidence they can get the votes.
Guts part of Obamacare...
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But every lower court upheld the Medicaid expansion, even as they divided over making stuff up to strike down the individual mandate.
He had wanted to strike down the individual mandate—at the time seen as the keystone of the ACA—but got cold feet and conditioned upholding the mandate on declaring the Medicaid expansion unconstitutional.
Breyer & Kagan paid the ransom.
As Joan Biskupic wrote in The Chief:
Roberts’s fellow Republicans went with him for the violation, making it 7-2. But they wanted to tear down the whole law, so RBG and Sotomayor went along with his remedy for harm mitigation, 5-4.