Twenty-six states have asked the Supreme Court to overturn the healthcare reform law’s mandatory expansion of the Medicaid program. Politico (1/11, Haberkorn) reports that the states argue “the federal government can’t force them to expand the Medicaid program.” Further, they claim the 2010 healthcare law “fundamentally changed the program” in ways states “never imagined when Congress created the voluntary Medicaid program in 1965.” Politico notes that the Medicaid issue “is thought to be the toughest climb for the law’s challengers.” A ruling in favor of the states “could limit whether the federal government can use money as an incentive for the states to act on any issue.”

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