AZ: Ariz. governor opts to expand Medicaid

Modern Healthcare (complimentary online subscription): Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she will expand the state's Medicaid program to cover citizens who earn up to 138% of the poverty line.

The Republican governor said Monday in her annual State of the State speech that she has fought against the federal health care law known as the Affordable Care Act. But she cited President Barack Obama's re-election and last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in saying that the law is here to stay.

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