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Faith Leaders Press Virginia Lawmakers To Rethink Medicaid Expansion
Meanwhile, in Georgia, a Senate health committee held a hearing on a proposal that would create a Medicaid expansion alternative.
Budgets are moral documents, faith leaders said Wednesday as they implored legislators drafting the state鈥檚 two year-spending plan to change their minds and expand Medicaid. (Smith, 2/17)
The bill may not get very far this year, with time running out in the General Assembly session and without the fiscal impact yet studied. But a Senate health committee broke new ground Wednesday by holding a legislative hearing on a proposal, Senate Bill 368, that would create a Medicaid expansion alternative in Georgia. (Miller, 2/17)
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