Posted on 02/06/2015 12:27:09 PM PST by cotton1706
Just when you thought there was some hope for the nearly 4 million people Republican leaders are denying access to health coverage across the country, the “hell no” caucus struck back. Conservative Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) concluded negotiations with the Obama administration last week to expand Medicaid in his state. “Indiana Medicaid Expansion May Tempt Other GOP-Led States,” declared one headline. “Will Mike Pence tip the GOP scales on Medicaid expansion?” asked another.
Not in Tennessee, where the state legislature on Wednesday repudiated an expansion plan that its GOP governor, Bill Haslam, has been pressing forward for months. This isn’t just bad for the people who will continue going without Medicaid in Tennessee. It also exposes how deeply irrational the anti-Obamacare frenzy is in certain sectors of the GOP, with staunch opposition remaining even when popular conservative leaders try to push in a more reasonable direction. And it’s a bad sign for what might happen if the Supreme Court rules against the Obama administration in its latest Affordable Care Act case.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Some states aren't playing, and some legislatures aren't falling for the ruse.
Dear Washington Compost,
No one lacks access to coverage.
Signed,
One of the people who has to pay for this piece of crap
Republicans have cajones!??????
(Who’d have ever imagined.....)
Boo hoo, it’s for the children. Republicans hate people, especially women and children.
Same old tiresome Bolshevik crap the Democrats continue to spew. The political Party that HATES unborn children has the nerve to accuse others.
So Democrats hate unborn children and demand that people be allowed to kill children and then they pose for holy pictures on how compassionate they are with health care.
What a joke.
Shove it WaPo. You are nothing but left wing propagandist.
Consider the source...then throw it in the trash can.
Tough, let them buy their own damned insurance.
Here’s what the story failed to tell you: the gov had a “verbal agreement” with the Obama administration on this plan for TN. That would be the very same government who told us “if you like your plan, you’ll be able to keep your plan!” These 7 legislators stood strong against unbelievable threats and strong-arming by pro-Obamacare lobbyists and government officials. I’m proud of every single one of them.
They call it “Bait and Switch” when swindlers do it. It’s just “government as usual” when Obama does it.
They may make a little fuss but eventually they all fold. Sad but true.
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