Fighting Medicaid Expansion

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/08/01/fighting-medicaid-expansion

The U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light to President Obama’s health care plan with one caveat: you can’t coerce the states into expanding Medicaid coverage for the poor.

And even though the federal government is picking up the tab for the first 3 years, some Republican governors are saying no. That would mean millions of poor Americans won’t get insurance.

This hour, On Point: the politics of expanding, or not expanding Medicaid insurance for the poor.