THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - July 5, 2012

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*-- Govs say they'll opt out of Medicaid plan --*
WASHINGTON - Several Republican U.S. governors say they have decided against expanding Medicaid based on the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act.

The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision, which largely upheld the healthcare act, allows states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion without losing all federal funding they receive for Medicaid, as they would have under the original health-care legislation, CBS News reported.

The Republican governors -- Rick Scott of Florida, Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana -- also said they have decided against setting up a state-based health insurance marketplace.

The healthcare law stipulates that if states don't set up such an "exchange" by 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will do it for them.

Scott explained the state's decision to opt out of the Medicaid expansion and the exchange in a statement Sunday.

The act would open Medicaid in 2014 to anyone with an income under 138 percent of the federal poverty line, if their states have agreed with the expansion.

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