Most Governors Wont Commit to U.S. Medicaid Expansion in the ACA healthcare law.
Governors in five states say they oppose expanding their Medicaid programs under President Barack Obamas health-care overhaul, and another 26 havent decided, an option created by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that may prevent millions of low-income Americans from obtaining insurance.
Governors of Florida, Louisiana, Iowa, South Carolina and Mississippi object, saying theyre concerned rising health-care costs may force tax increases or cuts to services, even as the federal government is promising to cover all the added Medicaid costs in the first three years and 90 percent after that. The federal reimbursement is about 59 percent now, on average.