It sounded unlikely from the start, but GOP leaders are confirming suspicions that they want nothing to do with President Obama’s stated plans to expand Medicaid.

Obama wants to expand Medicaid in the 19 states that have thus far resisted the federally-funded expansion that is a key part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Obama has suggested that states that decide to expand Medicaid be entitled to three years in which the expansion is entirely federally-funded.

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