Issue Position: Medicaid Expansion

Issue Position

I believe the General Assembly should receive and review the report of the Medicaid Innovative and Reform Commission (MIRC) appointed, with bipartisan support, by the General Assembly this past session. This issue has significant budgetary implications to Virginia and our nation. Some have indicated Virginia will "lose" money that will go to other states if we do not expand Medicaid. However, there is no "pot of money" in Washington for the expansion- the Federal Government is borrowing vast sums of money from China to fund its over spending. Further, other states that have implemented forms of Medicaid expansion are finding expenses far exceed those estimated. Before a program is implemented, we should know how much it will cost and how it will be funded.

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