MS Gov Blames Obama For Jump In Uninsured After Refusing To Expand Medicaid

[DonViejo]

By DANIEL STRAUSS Published JULY 28, 2014, 10:50 AM EDT

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) blamed President Barack Obama for a reported increase in uninsured Mississipians. The problem is, Bryant didn't acknowledge that he's been a staunch opponent of expanding Medicaid under Obamacare and refused to encourage enrolling in private coverage through Healthcare.gov.

Bryant directed his blame at Obama in response to a question about a WalletHub study that showed an increase in the percentage of uninsured Mississippians. The study found that the uninsured rate increased by 3.34 percentage points to 21.46 percent of Mississippi's population, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.

"If statistics show that the ill-conceived and so-called Affordable Care Act is resulting in higher rates of uninsured people in Mississippi, I'd say that's yet another example of a broken promise from Barack Obama," Bryant said.

An estimated 137,800 people in Mississippi were left uncovered by health insurance because the state did not expand Medicaid.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Well, of course he does. Let's hope his constituents see through it. n/t

[Glorfindel]

2. Not a chance. No matter what, you can always count on Mississippi

to vote against its own best interests. Such a shame.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. A shame indeed. n/t

[Skidmore]

13. And the media will present such a result as a

stinging indictment of the ACA and rebuke of the President's policies. Yes, that's how it works. Grover Norquist will be proud.

[pinto]

3. ...

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. ...

[Cali_Democrat]

6. It was the black guy...

[Fred Sanders]

9. Yep. And the majority of his voters are slap happy he said it....bastards.

[Zambero]

7. Sounds like a very desperate claim

His state's problems are self-imposed. Projection often results from being backed into a corner when actions backfire, and this certainly seems to be the case. North Carolina for one doesn't seem to be falling in line with this sort of "logic". Hopefully Mississippians left out in the cold by their governor and legislature will not fall for the snake oil either.

[Fred Sanders]

8. Why are these liars never challenged directly? If a person said openly they believe the earth is

flat, vote for me, he would be mocked, What is the difference in this liar governor saying exactly the same.......but getting silence from the reporters?

[Shoonra]

10. Among the odd facts ....

Although Mississippi's Republican Governor is determined to wreck Affordable Care, the Mississippi Insurance Commissioner (also a Republican!) was very eager to have Affordable Care Act working in Mississippi and even started up the necessary bureaucratic adjustments to facilitate the ACA in his state. But the Gov shut the whole operation down, the Gov is now at odds with his own Insurance Commissioner and the federal govt has given up on Mississippi having Affordable Care.

Some in Miss. should start up a movement to impeach the Governor just to prod the little bitch into cooperating with the ACA.

[blkmusclmachine]

11. I never met an honest Republican.

[egold2604]

12. When more hospitals go tits up because of paying for indigent care in the ER will he listen?