Medicaid expansion passes while school choice fails
Updated: 7:05 PM EDT May 10, 2018
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WEBVTT MEDICAID EXPANSION ADVANCES WHILE A CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL CHOICE BILL IS DEFEATED FOR A THIRD AND FINAL TIME. ON A 16-6 BIPARTISAN VOTE, THE SENATE CARRIED THE REAUTHORIZATION OF MEDICAID EXPANSION ACROSS THE LEGISLATIVE FINISH LIN >> IT’S GREAT FOR HOSPITALS, REDUCING UNCOMPENSATED CARE, IT’S GOOD FOR BUSINESSES, ALSO TO REDUCE UNCOMPENSATED CARE, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IT’S GOOD FOR 50,000 OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. ADAM: MEANTIME, OVER IN THE HOUSE, THE REVIVED VERSION OF SENATE BILL 193, EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, FELL JUST SHORT OF PASSAGE FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME THIS YEAR SEN. HINCH: WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THIS. ANYONE WHO THINKS THIS IS DEAD IS DEAD WRONG. ADAM: THE RETURN OF SCHOOL CHOICE SPARKED TALK OF A BREAKDOWN IN BIPARTISAN COOPERATION IN THE SENATE, B IN THE END, DEMOCRATS PROVIDED THE BLOC OF VOTES NECESSARY FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION TO PASS SEN. WOODBURN: WE, THE SENATE DEMOCRATS, ARE NOT WILLING TO BURN DOWN THE BARN TO GET RID OF A FEW RATS. ADAM: OPPONENTS OF MEDICAID EXPANSION, WHICH PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE TO MORE THAN 50,00 LOWER-INCOME GRANITE STATERS, SAY THE PROGRAM HURTS MORE THAN IT HELPS. REP GIUDA: WHILE WE DO GOOD THINGS FOR A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION — NO QUESTION, THEY’RE NEEDY — AT THE SAME TIME THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS THAT WE’RE ALL SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF AS WELL. ADAM: BUT WITH THE PROGRAM RENEWED FOR FIVE YEARS, MEDICAID EXPANSION APPEARS TO BE CEMENTING ITS PLACE IN THE STATE’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. RE ROSENWALD: I THINK THERE IS A GROWING RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT AND GOOD AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. ADAM IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE OF THE SAVINGS A
Medicaid expansion passes while school choice fails
Updated: 7:05 PM EDT May 10, 2018
Two bills that were high priorities for Gov. Chris Sununu had different fates in the State House on Thursday.
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