NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam says he’s still in talks over finding a way to expand Medicaid in Tennessee despite pushback from fellow Republicans in the state Legislature.
The governor said in a conferee call with reporters after meetings with bond rating agencies in New York on Thursday that he wants to find a solution that is acceptable both to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to largely skeptical lawmakers in Tennessee, who must approve any deal under a law passed earlier this year.
Haslam said he had meetings over the subject in Washington as recently as two weeks ago.
Lawmakers this this year enacted legislation supporters called the “Stop Obamacare Act” that requires the governor to get their approval before finalizing any deal on Medicaid expansion.
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