Brewer's Medicaid Push Widens Rift In Arizona GOP

Brewer Push Widens GOP Rift
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FILE - This Jan. 10, 2013 file photo show Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in her office at the Capitol in Phoenix. Governors who reject health insurance for the poor under the federal health care overhaul could wind up in a politically awkward position on immigration: A quirk in the law means some U.S. citizens would be forced to go without coverage, while legal immigrants residing in the same state could still get it. Arizona officials called attention to the problem last week, when Brewer announced she would accept the expansion of Medicaid offered under Obamas law. Brewer had been a leading opponent of the overhaul, and her decision got widespread attention. Budget documents cited the immigration glitch as one of her reasons. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Gov. Jan Brewer’s push to expand Medicaid is driving a wedge through Arizona’s Republican Party, with the governor and mainstream business interests battling grass-roots party loyalists.

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