Maine GOPer: Maybe Poor People Will Work More If We Reject Obamacare

[DonViejo]

DYLAN SCOTT – MARCH 13, 2014, 10:54 AM EDT

Obamacare's Medicaid expansion faces a tough reality in Maine. Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the proposal last year and, though the state Senate approved another bill Wednesday, it didn't pass with enough votes to override another veto.

But maybe that's a good thing, according to at least one Republican state lawmaker. Maybe by rejecting the law's Medicaid expansion, intended to provide health coverage to low-income residents, those people will be encouraged to work more and make more money.

That's what Maine Rep. Deb Sanderson (R) told the Portland Press-Herald.

“Maybe it will incentivize some folks” to work more so they can make more money, Sanderson told the newspaper. She also criticized Medicaid expansion for turning people away from the private insurance market.

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[jsr]

1. Contact info:

http://www.maine.gov/legis/house/hsebios/sanddj.htm

[tblue37]

2. What part of THERE ARE NO JOBS does she not understannd?

And what part of the fact that those who do have jobs are not paid anything near a living wage does she not understand?

The working poor often juggle multiple jobs without earning enough to afford basics, much less healthcare. They are already working way more than she does.

[Laelth]

3. +1. n/t

-Laelth