Republicans Say Medicaid Threats Are Scare Tactics
Republicans are saying Gov. Doyle is engaging in "scare tactics" with his contingency plan to cut Medicaid expenditures by 20 percent until a budget is adopted.
Rep. Rhoades called the move "the biggest political trick we've ever seen."
"I think it's shameful that we go out and scare seniors and we scare the needy," she said.
Republicans point to a memo from Legislative Fiscal Bureau director Bob Lang. In the memo Lang writes, "the amount budgeted for MA benefits in the 2006-07 fiscal year is available to support MA benefits in 2007-08 and each subsequent year until a new funding level is established through legislation.
See the memo here.
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