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BREAKING: Under cover of darkness tonight, Wisconsin's Republicans jammed through committee their plan to refuse $1 billion in federal Medicaid money. The GOP is burning money and hurting people out of ideological spite. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is here to fight back. 1/
Story so far:
1 @GovEvers elected on promise to expand Medicaid
2 After huge public consultation, Evers unveils #PeoplesBudget that keeps promise, bringing in $1.6bn in fed $
3 GOP votes to strip Medicaid expansion out
4 Tonight: GOP advances their own proposal, expansion-free
What is the GOP rationale for not accepting federal money to expand Medicaid & cover 82k people?

Here's how @SenDarling, GOP co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee explained it: "We're not expanding welfare, that was the big concern," she said.

Hmmm.

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