Haslam Rejects Obama’s Medicaid Expansion Offer for Tennessee

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Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam won’t extend Medicaid for the poor under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, saying it might put hospitals in financial jeopardy.

Haslam, 55, a Republican, told lawmakers yesterday that Obama’s health-care overhaul might force hospitals to close as they lose money now channeled to caring for the poor.