Alaska Republicans Move To Block Governor’s Medicaid Expansion Plans

The Washington Times (8/20, Howell) reports that Republican legislative leaders in Alaska “have retained a pair of law firms and will ask the state Superior Court to issue an injunction” to “block Gov. Bill Walker’s unilateral plans to expand Medicaid under Obamacare” before Sept. 1. In July, Walker announced that he would “make an end run around the legislature and accept federal funds to extend government-sponsored insurance to 20,000 more low-income Alaskans.” Alaska’s Legislative Council voted 10-1 Tuesday “to sue the governor, with one Democrat joining nine Republicans in favor of the motion and one Democrat dissenting.”