LePage considers starting state health insurance plan to replace Obamacare

[jpak]

Source: Kennebec Journal

Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday he may pursue a state health insurance system as a replacement to the federal Affordable Care Act after Congress failed to repeal and replace the federal program that critics say is steadily collapsing.

“We are just going to withdraw the state and just go do our own thing,” LePage said. “The federal government obviously is broken so they are not going to stand in the way, they can’t get anything done.”

LePage also took aim at his fellow Republicans and rebutted President Trump’s suggestion that the ACA, known as Obamacare by critics, should be allowed to fail and collapse.

Speaking with Ric Tyler on the Bangor-based WVOM radio station, LePage said letting Obamacare fail made “no sense.”

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Read more: http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/03/28/lepage-considers-starting-health-insurance-program-to-replace-obamacare/

[NewRedDawn]

1. Heres a coupon for $100 good towards

burial or cremation. See how compassionate we Putin publicans are.

[janterry]

2. Good

I'm no fan of LePage, but any needle in the republicans do nothing health care plan is fine by me

[Ken Burch]

4. In theory...except that with LePage, the plan would probably be this:

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As soon as you got a cold, he'd have a lobsterman row you out to sea and throw you over.

[still_one]

5. oh yeah, you got that one right

[Ken Burch]

3. If this was 1861, which side would LePage send Maine troops to fight for?

n/t.

[dembotoz]

6. good i wish him luck

not expecting much but who knows

[Renew Deal]

7. Single Payer in Maine?

lol, I doubt it

[Ligyron]

8. If some state decides it wants to just opt out of the ACA and does so (somehow)

who in the present Justice Dept. is going to do anything about it?

[cab67]

9. I remain aghast that someone like LePage governs a state.

[Vinca]

10. I picture a small paper bag containing bandaids, a bottle of aspirin and an Ace bandage.