Lawmakers look at savings of expanding Medicaid

The first budget showing the direct and significant state savings from Medicaid expansion, which voters approved in November in Proposition 2 was presented to lawmakers Monday morning at they held the budget hearing for the division of Mental Health Servces in the state Department of Health and Welfare.

The budget shows a $4.2 million savings to the state general fund within the division alone, under Governor Brad Little’s proposed budget.

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