The state will turn down $38 million in federal money that could have gone to implementing the federal health care law in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday.
The Republican governor said he was returning the money because he won't seek to create a health care marketplace that is called for under the federal law. The move followed sustained criticism of Walker by conservatives who oppose the health law passed by President Barack Obama and Congress in 2010.
The governor has consistently opposed the federal law, but for a time last year Walker had said that he wanted the state to develop its own plan for the marketplace so Wisconsin would have more control over how the law is implemented.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walker-to-return-38-million-earmarked-for-health-exchanges-nt3rver-137621263.html
Hat tip: Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
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