SENATE MAJORITY LEADER NORMENT’S STATEMENT ON DRAMATIC INCREASE IN MEDICAID EXPENDITURES
WILLIAMSBURG, VA, 2 NOVEMBER 2018: Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-James City), Co-Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the Northam Administration that Medicaid expenditures will be increasing by $462 million:
“This is disheartening news for the Commonwealth. It will not be easy to rectify a shortfall of this magnitude without pain or sacrifices. Secretary Layne’s comment that ‘This is going to be a tough budget,’ is simultaneously accurate and understated.