straight talk | FEDERALISM ISSUES
Straight WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES YOUR STATE IS HAVING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
JEF F TH OM PS ON Idaho Representative
ED CLE RE Indiana Representative
FEDERAL LANDS MEDICAID
CAPITOL IDEAS
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my state, certainly one of “The biggest federalism issue facing to the (Affordable Care es the biggest federalism issues, relat we need to keep our , kers Act). … I think as state policyma e. Medicaid expansion renc diffe focus on where we can make a I think we have to but say, is very controversial, needless to by the states. If aged man remember Medicaid is a program end up, then as a we re whe be Medicaid expansion is going to oach and try to appr ctive proa a state policymaker I’d like to take icaid better, Med e mak , icaid Med find ways to innovate through
“Federal lands—three-quarters of the state of Idaho, most of the state, is in the ownership of the federal government. We, as well as a lot of states, several states in the Western part of the United States, are drafting legislatio n and building a coalition to work toward the federal governm ent turning those federal lands back to the states. … States can manage them in more efficient process and the state can participate in more of the revenue being generated from thos e lands and therefore meaning more education dollars in the actual states.”
frankly.”
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