The Latest: GOP senator says Iowans might not lose Medicaid
June 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate GOP health care bill (all times EDT):
3:50 p.m.
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is suggesting Iowans would not be losing Medicaid coverage even as the Senate GOP health care bill would phase out financing to expand the low-income insurance program.
The Republican senator told reporters Friday, "I wouldn't say they are losing it." She was asked about the bill's impact on lower-income Iowans now covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
The GOP-controlled Senate bill introduced Thursday would phase out federal money to states which opted to expand the low...
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