Medicaid's Role in the Budget Reconciliation Debate

President Obama recently vetoed legislation that would have rolled back the ACA’s landmark Medicaid expansion, along with other coverage provisions. In a new blog post, George Washington University’s Sara Rosenbaum and colleagues explain that “the story behind the Medicaid expansion and the current repeal effort is one of philosophy and policy: Should Medicaid provide the platform on which coverage for the poorest Americans rests?”