Several states led by Republican governors or GOP legislatures are still balking at Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act despite new life to increase coverage for the poor after their party’s failed “repeal-and-replace” attempt on the ACA.
Efforts to expand Medicaid have died in at least four states after state legislatures in Kansas and Virginia couldn’t overcome GOP opposition last week. And in Georgia and Idaho, legislatures adjourned without considering Medicaid expansion proposals. Meanwhile, South Dakota’s Republican governor refused to call a special session to consider Medicaid expansion , media reports there say.
