TN: Tennessee Governor Hesitates on Medicaid Expansion, Frustrating Many

The New York Times: NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee describes it as “trying to thread a needle from 80 yards.”

Mr. Haslam is only the latest Republican tailor trying to figure out whether to expand the state’s Medicaid rolls as prescribed by President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. In his case, it involves trying — so far unsuccessfully — to balance some sharply conflicting concerns:

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