LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday he'll decide before next year's legislative session whether to expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last week, but said he's inclined to move forward with the plan.
Beebe said he has questions about the impact and cost of widening the program's eligibility in Arkansas, and that he's asked state human services officials for answers about those concerns. The high court on Thursday upheld most of President Barack Obama's law, but the justices said the federal government could not take away states' existing federal Medicaid dollars if they refused to widen eligibility.
Beebe said he's leaning toward supporting the expansion, which state Human Services officials say will add about 250,000 people to the state's Medicaid rolls.
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