In his press conference this morning, Gov. Asa Hutchinson made his case for his plan to implement managed care for certain high-cost populations in the traditional Medicaid program. What he didn't do, however, was establish much of an argument for why lawmakers should back his plan as opposed to an alternative known as "DiamondCare" that would pursue the same reforms but continue to have the state pay providers directly on a fee for service basis. The governor's own rhetoric on Medicaid reform from last year could make it difficult to make that pitch.