Block on health overhaul options clears NC Senate

[struggle4progress]

By GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 6:56 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 6:56 p.m.

The leader of the North Carolina House said Tuesday his chamber would seek to address financial worries from Gov. Pat McCrory over a Senate bill that prevents the state from offering or operating optional portions of the federal health care overhaul.

House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, released a statement minutes before the Senate gave its final approval to a measure that blocks state government from expanding Medicaid to more of the uninsured and tells the federal government to build the state's online marketplace for health insurance.

McCrory, Tillis and Senate leaders are all Republican, and all seem to agree the state should, for now at least, stay out of the activities that are included under the 2010 Affordable Care Act signed by President Barack Obama.

But McCrory's administration has said the bill's current form could make it hard for the state to pay for a computer program that determines eligibility for Medicaid and other services. The Senate didn't delay the bill's passage even though a McCrory aide wrote to senators before the first of two required votes Monday and asked them to slow down so the financial ramifications could be examined ...

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20130205/APN/1302050772

[littlemissmartypants]

1. I love this part... as idiocy ensues...

But McCrory's administration has said the bill's current form could make it hard for the state to pay for a computer program that determines eligibility for Medicaid and other services. The Senate didn't delay the bill's passage even though a McCrory aide wrote to senators before the first of two required votes Monday and asked them to slow down so the financial ramifications could be examined ...

[supernova]

2. I'm more hopeful now

that the NC repubs don't want anything to do with the insurance exchanges. Let the federal gov't do it. I only wanted a Dem NC House to build it.

edit: I supposedly would benefit from Medicaid expansion, but that won't happen with a GOP NC House, either.