Judge allows Alaska governor to move ahead with Medicaid expansion
on Fri, 2015-08-28 00:00 lisabeth
Alaska’s governor won a legal victory Friday that, at least for now, will allow the state to begin next week to sign up more low-income residents for Medicaid — despite objections from state lawmakers.
The dispute in Alaska has emerged as the latest political and legal skirmish over the Affordable Care Act, lingering even after the Supreme Court two months ago upheld the constitutionality of a core aspect of the law that requires most Americans to have health insurance.
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[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/judge-allows-alaska-governor-to-move-ahead-with-medicaid-expansion/2015/08/28/db2266ba-4db1-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=21679521&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--bsCWQRC0QuMV3kyD8kcO6T9zbSga-lOJglDUJmJZMYYcHMsguZTHDoGdYhB0dHM-eFI06uW5Q_DGw0S47n4N7GGPn6A&_hsmi=21679521