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Thu Dec 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM PST

Scott Walker busted in new lie

by Chris BowersFollow

(jimspolitico/Yfrog)
On Wednesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker held a press conference touting that he was going to lift a cap on enrollment in Family Care, a state program designed to keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes. Good for him, right?

However, it turns out that Walker not only imposed the cap in the first place, but that he was ordered by federal health officials:

Federal health officials have quietly ordered Gov. Scott Walker to lift an enrollment cap and expand state programs designed to keep elderly and disabled people out of nursing homes.

Walker made no mention of the order at a news conference he called Wednesday morning to announce he wants to lift the cap. He told reporters only that health officials in his administration have been talking with Family Care providers for months. Together, they have identified $80 million in efficiencies over the next two years that will enable his administration to end the enrollment cap and expand the programs to the 15 counties that currently don't offer them.

The move could open the door for thousands of people to join the programs — but it also represents a stark reversal for Walker. The Republican governor has been pushing to rein in Medicaid costs for months and imposed the cap in Family Care enrollment in the state budget.

A quick review:

  1. In the state budget, Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans imposed a July 1 cap on enrollment in a program designed to keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes.
  2. On December 13, federal health officials sent a letter (PDF) to the Walker administration ordering it to lift the cap because it was not in compliance with federal regulations.
  3. On December 28, Scott Walker holds a press conference saying how awesome he is for lifting the enrollment cap.
Walker is getting blasted for this deception across dozens of news outlets in Wisconsin, and rightfully so. This is a real whopper, even by Walker's standards.

For more discussion on this topic, see AnnieJo's post.

Originally posted to Chris Bowers on Thu Dec 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM PST.

Also republished by Daily Kos.

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