John Watkins

In a move designed to show unified opposition to the Senate Medicaid expansion plan, House Republicans will force an up-or-down vote on the Senate language on Thursday, General Assembly sources tell The Bull Elephant. The House GOP leadership has not been cowed by threats from…

Virginia Republican State Senator John Watkins has introduced legislation that could foreshadow a deal on expansion of health coverage to fill the Medicaid gap under Obamacare. In legislation filed Thursday with the Virginia Senate Finance Committee, Sen. John Watkins (R-Powhatan) reveals in broad outline form…