A Republican lawsuit challenging Arizona’s expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare got a big boost from the state supreme court, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The high court agreed to allow the case, brought by 36 GOP state legislators against Republican Gov. Jan Brewer’s administration, to move forward. It alleges that part of the state’s expansion plan, an assessment on hospitals to pay for the state’s share of any expansion funding, is unconstitutional.
Arizona’s Medicaid expansion plan passed with just over half of the state legislature moving in favor — the lawsuit alleges it needed two-thirds as a tax under state law.
Brewer’s administration has fought the lawsuit, but her incoming successor, Doug Ducey, did not respond to the AP’s request for comment on whether his administration would continue to do so. The case will now head back to a trial court.
Medicaid expansion is expected to eventually cover up to 300,000 low-income Arizonans.
I hope the “high state court” also is the one that reviews any challenges to the medical marijuana law!
They will stand in the hospital door to . . . well, kill people I guess. Can’t really figure out what else their objective could be.
Repugs being repugs, The 1% doesn’t want everyone to have healthcare, so they respond accordingly.
Arizona is running a budget deficit, Republicans allege they can’t pay back the $300 million they stole from the Arizona State Education Fund, yet they proceed with these immensely costly lawsuits they know they can’t win, and today we learned that Brewer gave her personal staff of lick-spittles large end-of-year bonuses… I continue to be embarrassed by the blindness of Arizona voters…
What good is being rich if you don’t have privileges?