By Patrick Whitehurst | The Daily Courier
Amid heated debate, The Yavapai County Republican Committee voted Saturday to censure a handful of Arizona legislators over their support of Medicaid expansion.
The expansion makes about 300,000 more people eligible for Medicaid in the state. As part of that expansion, hospitals will pay the state’s $250 million annual match to get $1.6 billion a year from the federal government.
The group’s “Resolution to Censure,” held at Heights Church in Prescott, passed by a narrow 59-50 margin. Approximately 200 precinct committee members were eligible to vote on the matter.
