GOP Blocks Dems’ Effort To Pass Medicaid Bill By UC

Senate Republicans Wednesday (July 29) blocked Democratic Sens. Mark Warner (VA) and Doug Jones’(AL) attempt to pass by unanimous consent legislation that would provide new Medicaid expansion states 100% of federal match funding for the first three years, while Democrats stopped Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) amendment to maintain certain consumer protections should the Affordable Care Act be thrown out. The Senate action came the same day Democrats filed their reply briefs in the high-profile challenge to the ACA, now known...