David Atkins writes on Hullabaloo Yes, they're VERY desperate to stop people from getting health insurance "Those not in Virginia may have missed this story flying a little under the radar, but the Virginia GOP basically bribed a Democratic senator to resign, thus handing them control of the chamber in attempt to end-run Governor McAuliffe's threat to shut down the state government if Republicans didn't include Medicaid expansion in the state budget. There was some question as to whether the Republicans would actually go through with the threat. Yesterday they did."
I'm pretty sure Atkins is right that there's no fiscal advantage to rejecting Medicaid Expansion, at least for three years. After that the state does have to find some funds. It's conceivable Republicans are worried about long term viability of the program though I think it's more Randian than that, they just don't want tax money paying for the health insurance of the "takers".
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