What recourse would the federal government have if a State's legislature passed a measure blocking State funds from going towards Medicaid, a fed-state partnership?
Are the Feds going to send in the national guard to occupy the State capitol and force the state legislature to vote otherwise? LOL
Or could a federal court demand that the state pay its Medicaid dues? What would the court use to enforce this ruling?
This scenario can be pre-empted if the federal government simply federalized/nationalized the whole program.