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...The rebellion of Medicaid-friendly Republicans encompasses the governors of Nevada and Arizona, as well as enough senators to stop party leaders from securing the 50 votes needed to pass their current healthcare...
...depend on Medicaid.”...
...Already two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine, and Dean Heller of Nevada, have said they cannot vote for the bill, because of the Medicaid cuts....
...Dean Heller, a moderate Republican from Nevada, has expressed concern about the bill....
...On the other side are the party’s moderate members who worry the bill will negatively impact constituents on Medicaid, which subsidises healthcare for poor Americans....
...After the CBO score was released, Susan Collins, a moderate Maine Republican, joined Dean Heller, a GOP senator from Nevada, in saying that she would even oppose a procedural motion to allow the Senate to...
...The Nevada legislature has passed a law letting everyone who wants it gain access to the state’s Medicaid health insurance programme for the poor — the contentious “public option” in healthcare provision...
...and later Johnson, powerfully argued was the authentic American-ness of what they had done; that the establishment of Social Security, the prudence of Glass-Steagall, later the creation of Medicare and Medicaid...
...Only two states — Nevada and Kentucky — were revised in Q1, both receiving single notch downgrades....
...Some 23 states reported spending overruns on programmes including Medicaid, the health plan for the poor, elementary education and public safety in fiscal year 2011....
...Historically, state finances bottom after the national downturn ends because Medicaid and other expenses for the poor and unemployed rise, while revenues lag behind because of unemployment....
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