Governors Urge Congress to Block Medicaid Rules, Increase Funding

The nation’s governors will call on federal lawmakers to postpone a slate of pending Medicaid regulations to help bolster their already cash-strapped state budgets, according to reports in Congressional Quarterly. “Medicaid is the largest item in many states’ budgets,” Gov. Jim Douglas (R-Vt.) said Feb. 25 during the National Governors Association (NGA) annual winter meeting…