Big bills are coming due in Virginia from steep federal cuts in funding for Medicaid and food assistance, as well as higher health insurance costs for state employees, but Senate Democrats and Gov. Abigail Spanberger are battling each other over how to pay for them.
Hours after Spanberger proposed hundreds of changes to legislation passed by her fellow Democrats, members of the Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee demanded on Tuesday that the governor explain how she intends to find revenue to pay for an estimated $1.8 billion to $2.6 billion in higher costs for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program under the massive federal tax cut package that President Donald Trump signed into law last summer, as well as ensure a public safety net for an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 Virginians expected to lose health care coverage under the law.
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