Bentley urged to accept Medicaid expansion funds

  "The commission will identify ways to increase efficiency and help ensure the program is sustainable for the long term," King said. "Reforms will also benefit patient care." "If you put billions of dollars into the state, it helps everything in the state," he said. &q...

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Published inGadsden Times
Main Author Beyerle, Dana
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Gadsden, Ala Halifax Media Group 19.01.2013
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Bentley, Robert
Bronner, David
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Summary:  "The commission will identify ways to increase efficiency and help ensure the program is sustainable for the long term," King said. "Reforms will also benefit patient care." "If you put billions of dollars into the state, it helps everything in the state," he said. "Think about how many are employed using that money -- doctors, nursing homes, nurses. All is economic development, money coming into the state." "He doesn't want Medicaid expanded in its current environment," [Don Williamson] said. "That creates the opportunity to revisit it when you transform it. Money is available at whatever point (if) we expand it."