Dana Wachs – How Scott Walker's rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare cost Wisconsin $1 billion

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | How Scott Walker’s rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare cost Wisconsin $1 billion

Health care is the most important thing the state does, Eau Claire state Rep. Dana Wachs declared, before launching into an attack on Gov. Scott Walker. "Governor Walker has turned down a billion dollars in Medicaid money over the course of his tenure," Wachs claimed in a WisconsinEye TV interview on April 11, 2018. That’s a reference to additional federal money made available to do a "full expansion" of Medicaid under Obamacare, a law frequently attacked by the Republican governor, who is running for a third term in 2018. Wachs has previously made the $1 billion claim. …

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