Dabakis: Time right to reconsider Medicaid expansion after ACA replacement sputters

SALT LAKE CITY — State Sen. Jim Dabakis wants Utah to reconsider large-scale Medicaid expansion, saying the Affordable Care Act is "here to stay" after a second effort in the U.S. Senate to replace the law failed this week.Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, has taken to Twitter urging Gov. Gary Herbert to hold a special legislative session to discuss accepting federal Medicaid funding.The timing is right, he told the Deseret News on Thursday, because Senate Republicans failed to secure enough supp