The Arizona Senate & Medicaid Expansion: A Lesson in Making a Bad Bill Worse
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013By Christina Corieri
Last week, the Arizona Senate passed Medicaid expansion. Sadly, the proponents were not satisfied with merely passing a program expansion we can’t afford; they actively worked together to kill a series of common sense amendments that would have prevented extra expense and abuse.
One amendment would have activated the circuit breaker if the federal government ever dropped its share of the cost below the promised 90 percent, but every senate Democrat and five Republicans vot...
