I am certain that all Republican govs. will do the same now that the SCOTUS
has ruled it unconstitutional. I would bet that maybe NY Gov Cuomo will do
likewise since he seems to be taking the Gov Walker approach to state
financing. But you can bet ole Ca Gov Brown will do it. His state is
so bankrupt, and his citizens voted for an entitlement society; so they don't
care if they go broke. I would just imagine more companies will leave the
state for a right to work state, and Ca will sink into the Pacific with its overload
of debt.
Governor Perry: Texas won't expand Medicaid
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2012/07/09 16:46:29
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday his state won't expand Medicaid or set up an insurance exchange, joining a growing number of Republican governors who are rejecting two key parts of President Obama's health care law.
I will not be party to socializing health care and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government," Mr. Perry said.
He joins more than half-dozen GOP governors who have already said they won't increase the size of their Medicaid programs to cover Americans up to 133 percent of the poverty level, after the Supreme Court upheld most of the law last month but said states could opt out of the Medicaid expansion.
"I stand proudly with the growing chorus of governors who reject the Obamacare power grab," Mr. Perry said. "Neither a 'state' exchange nor the expansion of Medicaid under this program would result in better 'patient protection' or in more 'affordable care.' They would only make Texas a mere appendage of the federal government when it comes to health care."
Under the court's decision, states can still collect all of their existing Medicaid funding even if they don't expand their programs to cover Americans up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. But if they don't set up exchanges, the law allows the federal government to step in and run them.
Texas Governor Perry's decision is in addition to that of Florida Governor Rick Scott's and Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina decisions to not expand Medicaid.
p.s. Obama recognized and just announced he will continue the Bush "tax cuts", which would increase tax levels if not extended, back to the Clinton pesidency. Did the "kettle" just get called black?
UPDATE: Sodahead Lightnight Poll Results ... It's extensive ... http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/governor-perry-texas-wo...
Read More: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politic...
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No nonsense NanC...don't BS... 2012/07/09 17:02:34
So where is that money going to come from. The printing presses in more unbacked paper money. Effectively borrowing on the future with no assuarance of it ever coming back. The Obama Administration, and the Democratic Senate is continuing to use our credit card which is maxed out already, with no reduction in spending to offset it.
A year ago Obama wanted the debt ceiling raised to 15 trillion. Well today less than a year later, it has gone about a trillion dollars over what he wanted. Still with or increase in income, or reduction in spending in sight. Go figure.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
is one over the main line.............. Jerry Brown got elected by promising the store for
all the illegals and the entitlement mentality morons. We all know they don't care
about taxes or jobs because they get theirs from the top, pay little if any taxes and
don't need a job because they get their government checks.
http://www.maggiesnotebook.co...
Maybe the Republicans do have a plan that works
he is following the GOP lead.
bankruptcy.
trouble. While all the states around it like Indiana and Wisconsin, have
gone on an austerity program with GOP Governors, Illinois has continued
to be "Big Spenders" and going bankrupt.