Virginia House Republicans Propose Medicaid Expansion With Work Requirements

Virginia moved one step closer to adopting Medicaid expansion over Presidents' Day weekend, as Republicans in the state's House of Delegates proposed a budget that would expand eligibility while imposing work requirements in the program. The proposal reverses years of staunch Virginian House GOP opposition to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, but observers in the state foresee a long negotiation with the state Senate, which did not include Medicaid expansion in its budget proposal. Gov. Ralph Northam (D)...