Labrador opens door to overturning Medicaid expansion initiative if voters pass it;

[riversedge]

Sure are a lot of cruel Republican lawmakers.




Thu., April 26, 2018, 3:13 p.m.
Labrador opens door to overturning Medicaid expansion initiative if voters pass it.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2018/apr/26/labrador-opens-door-overturning-medicaid-expansion-initiative-if-voters-pass-it-link-full-story/



Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, speaks during a debate at the studios of Idaho Public Television in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger) (Otto Kitsinger / AP)

Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador said Thursday that if the state’s voters both elect him governor and pass the initiative to expand Medicaid in Idaho, he’d consider working to overturn the voter-passed initiative; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com.

In Idaho, a voter-passed initiative has the same status as a law passed by the Legislature – ................

“We’ll have to cross that bridge when we get to it,” Labrador said. “I thought they made a mistake with the term limits initiative, but this one we will have to look at the language. … I would look at all the options.”

During a debate televised statewide on Idaho Public Television on Monday night, Lt. Gov. Brad Little, who is running against Labrador for the GOP nomination for governor and also has opposed Medicaid expansion, offered a different answer to the same question.

“I will adhere to the will of the voters,” Little said. “I will work with the Legislature. I checked two days ago about what their forecasted fiscal impact of that is. We think it’s about $39 million, so there’s going to be an impact to it. … As we get closer, we’re going to have to get our arms around it. The Legislature will appropriate the money and the governor will have to figure out how to make it work. But if it’s the will of the people, it’ll be state law.”.............................

[onethatcares]

1. It's always "fiscal impacts" that

have to be reviewed while screwing the citizens out of Medicaid or schools.

Fiscal impacts aren't so important when cutting taxes on oil exploration or property.

Better get ready to bootstrap yourselves Idahoans.

[mitch96]

2. " Labrador opens door to overturning Medicaid expansion"

And in my simple mind I'm thinking.. Why does Canada care about our Medicare expansion..
duhhhhhhh
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[progree]

3. My first thought to "Labrador opens door" -- what a clever dog! What a good girl!

2nd thought, like yours, as I read the rest of the subject line, was what connection does Canada have to Medicaid?

I would have never guessed this was about Idaho

[eppur_se_muova]

4. So if we move to Labrador, maybe we can get health care ? nt