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Virginia Medicaid Expansion

  • Rust Bill Creates MIRC(y) Plan to Expand Medicaid

    by Paul A. Prados

    Tom Rust (R- Herndon) has just submitted compromise legislation (HB 5008) to expand Medicaid under Obamacare via the murky Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC).  The bill, if passed, would expand Medicaid pursuant to a set of bureaucratic procedural hoops, rather than directly through the…

  • Virginia House to Vote on Medicaid Expansion Thursday

    by Chad Ochocinco

    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…

  • Tuesday's Bright Spot: The House GOP Caucus

    by Chad Ochocinco

    Lots of ink has been spilled about what went wrong Tuesday, and lots more will follow. But let’s not forget the good news coming out of our House of Delegates campaigns. Republican candidates for House of Delegates seats provide the one spot of nearly unmitigated…