Republican senator seeks delay in state's Medicaid shift
MADISON — A Republican state senator says the state should slow down Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to shift thousands of patients from state coverage into the federal health care program, citing concerns that the program won’t be up and running as scheduled by the beginning of 2014.
But Sen. Alberta Darling’s suggestion faces opposition from within her own party, with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos flatly saying, “Not going to happen.”
The federal insurance exchanges are supposed to be open for enrollments by Oct. 1 and operating in earnest by Jan. 1, 2014. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has said it will meet those deadlines, but even supporters of the health care overhaul acknowledge that the dates may be too ambitious — in part because of the massive task and potential challenges with computer systems.
Walker has proposed moving tens of thousands of state residents above the federal poverty level from BadgerCare Plus — the state Medicaid coverage — onto the federal insurance exchanges, which will offer private coverage to the uninsured and subsidies for low-income consumers.
and the most important statement of the article is here:
But state Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, said any problems resulting from the implementation of the federal health care law should be blamed on the Obama administration and its supporters. They do NOT have the people of Wisconsin's best interests at heart......just that it's the President's fault.
I despise the repubs.
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