claim: republican state lawmakers "are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) medicaid."
author: thom hartmann
evidence_1: 5 days ago ... mississippi secretary of state delbert hosemann said at a ... phil bryant rejected  the funds and refused the expansion. .... the gop leaders may be considering  their own version of medicaid ... it's been estimated that we could create 8,000 or  9,000 jobs if we would simply accept our tax dollars back.".
evidence_2: republican state lawmakers "are refusing to give the people of their own states  their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) medicaid." — punditfact on ...
evidence_3: medicaid expansion has resulted in millions of people gaining coverage, but its ...  if you're curious about what's going on in your state, check it out. ... and lifetime  caps – while other states are considering legislation that would give currently .....  while none of the medicaid expansion funds are coming back to their own states.
evidence_4: jun 12, 2018 ... about 2.2 million uninsured people nationally fall into the “coverage gap” – too  poor to qualify for tax credits but ineligible for medicaid because their state did  not expand ... medicaid eligibility for adults in states that did not expand their ....  coverage and limited income to purchase coverage on their own.
evidence_5: jun 26, 2018 ... it's a choice voters will make in november when they consider an initiative ...  combine roughly $90 million — through a state sales tax increase of ... initiative  after state leaders refused to expand medicaid on their own. “this allows us to  unlock those funds and bring them back to work for the people of utah.