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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:26 AM Jun 2013

Our GOP Governor will sign a bill to expand Medicaid into law today.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Governor-to-Sign-Health-Care-Expansion-into-Law-212292831.html

It will provide for healthcare coverage for the poor and low income citizens of Iowa.

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Our GOP Governor will sign a bill to expand Medicaid into law today. (Original Post) Skidmore Jun 2013 OP

and ours just vetoed it... Maine-ah Jun 2013 #1

President Obama ropes the dopes again! Congratulations. graham4anything Jun 2013 #2

Maine-ah

(9,902 posts)

1. and ours just vetoed it...

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:27 AM

Jun 2013

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/06/19/politics/maine-house-fails-to-override-medicaid-expansion-veto/

AUGUSTA, Maine — In two votes Wednesday, the Maine House fell short of overriding Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill calling for the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health insurance program, as allowed by the federal Affordable Care Act.

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)

2. President Obama ropes the dopes again! Congratulations.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:34 AM

Jun 2013

and another one falls and another one falls and another one bites the dust

no wonder the BushPaulfamilyinc hate the president so much. They are being rendered politically obsolete from one day to the next and will continue to be.

another one bites the dust(c)queen.

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