Former GOP Aide Says Dems Would Likely Use NFIB Against Medicaid Caps, But Legal Scholars Doubt It Would Work

Democrats would likely use the Supreme Court ruling against mandatory Medicaid expansion to fight federal Medicaid funding caps, a former Senate Republican staffer said, but legal scholars doubt that suit would be a good precedent to use against the caps should the GOP health reform legislation be enacted. Even if Democrats did not prevail in a lawsuit against per-capita caps, the suit would keep the American Health Care Act in the news for a long time, which would likely help...