#2 Virginia – One of newly-elected Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) priorities for 2014 has been convincing the state to expand the Medicaid program. In order to get there, he’s going to have to get the Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on board — and right now, they appear to be an incredibly tough sell. Senior members of the Virginia House Republicans declared last week “that eligibility for Medicaid will not be expanded this year.” If there’s any glimmer of hope, it’s probably a new report released Tuesday by McAuliffe’s Health and Human Resources agency estimating that expanding Medicaid would save the state $1 billion over nine years.
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