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DonViejo

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:17 AM Jan 2017

Hands out: GOP governors who turned down Medicaid $$ are now asking for funds to insure low-income..

Source: Associated Press

THURSDAY, JAN 19, 2017 07:55 AM EST

Hands out: GOP governors who turned down Medicaid money are now asking for funds to insure low-income Americans

Medicaid expansion was a non-starter under President Obama. But now, governors are singing a different tune

THOMAS BEAUMONT, ASSOCIATED PRESS


DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican governors who turned down billions in federal dollars from an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care law now have their hands out in hopes the GOP Congress comes up with a new formula to provide insurance for low-income Americans.

The other GOP governors who agreed to expand state-run services in exchange for federal help — more than a dozen out of the 31 states — are adamant that Congress maintain the financing that has allowed them to add millions of low-income people to the health insurance rolls.

These two groups of Republicans embody the difficulty the emboldened GOP congressional majorities face: Make good on their promises to repeal the 2010 health care law while preserving popular provisions.

Republican governors and lieutenant governors plan to plead their cases with GOP leaders and the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday as the GOP majority has taken the first step to dismantling the law.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/01/19/gop-governors-who-turned-down-medicaid-money-have-hands-out/

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GOP Guvs That Turned Down Medicaid Money Did So Under..... global1 Jan 2017 #1

global1

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1. GOP Guvs That Turned Down Medicaid Money Did So Under.....
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:32 AM
Jan 2017

orders by the Party - because it was Obama's plan.

Now that the Repug Party is repealing "Obamacare" (i.e., taking Obama's name off this innovative plan) - they are able to - 'have their hands out now' because they realize that it is of benefit to them.

This is all part of the quagmire that the Repugs are creating in this whole attempt to destroy Obama's legacy and reward the rich and the insurance companies.

This Guv 'hands out' request now as well as the Repugs also looking at tampering with employee health plans as part of their whole 'repeal and replace' plan - that they really don't have a replacement plan that is well thought out - could create great turmoil - with negative ripples all through the healthcare sector and the economy in general.

As such - it could rally the American People to the point of really supporting a 'universal health insurance plan' as Bernie has been suggesting and pushing for - and cause the Repugs demise.

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