IS THIS TRUE; Medicaid decision pits governor against governor.
BIG BAD JOHN R.
2012/07/15 14:30:31
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The Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act was the focus at an annual governors' meeting this weekend. So far, five Republican governors have opted out of expanding their states' Medicaid program.
The Supreme Court decision allowing U.S. states to opt out of expanding Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor, is pitting governor against governor, with Democrats accusing Republicans of being more concerned with election-year politics than solving healthcare problems
The issue that dominated the annual National Governors Association meeting this weekend in the historic Virginia town of Williamsburg was the court's ruling that Congress cannot penalize states who refuse to enroll a wider group of people in Medicaid, which is operated by states with federal reimbursements.
The Supreme Court decision allowing U.S. states to opt out of expanding Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor, is pitting governor against governor, with Democrats accusing Republicans of being more concerned with election-year politics than solving healthcare problems
The issue that dominated the annual National Governors Association meeting this weekend in the historic Virginia town of Williamsburg was the court's ruling that Congress cannot penalize states who refuse to enroll a wider group of people in Medicaid, which is operated by states with federal reimbursements.
The Affordable Care Act, which would expand coverage to families with incomes of up to about $30,000, had directed Congress to withhold Medicaid funds from a state that did not expand the expensive program, which already can take up to a third of state spending.
I think states should be looking at a state run co-operative medical plan. Where states pay health costs, businesses get a credit if they supply health benefits, and living healthier will be an incentive to keeping costs down. I look at Minneapolis and there are a lot of bikes on the road and community garden. That seems positive to me.
Florida, Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Iowa, Louisiana
Five states who have a very large poor populations.
This rejection is going ot harm millions.
Each Governor is elected to run their own individual state to the benefit of ALL citizens who live there, are held to budgets (unlike the Feds) and cannot allow the Federal govt. to push them into bankruptcy over policy that caters to the few.