Forty-seven Governors Urge Six Month FMAP Extension

Submitted by mpjones@ancor.org on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 9:51am
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A bipartisan group of 42 governors of states and five governors of U.S. territories sent a letter on February 22 urging House and Senate leaders to extend for at least six months the enhanced federal match for Medicaid included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  The following governors did not sign the letter: Janice Brewer (R-AZ), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Rick Perry (R-TX), and Gary Herbert (R-UT).