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02-27-2013, 08:30 AM
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In Reversal, Florida to Take Health Law’s Medicaid Expansion
Another day....another caving republican.... 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/us...email0=y&_r=1&
In Reversal, Florida to Take Health Law’s Medicaid Expansion
MIAMI — Gov. Rick Scott of Florida reversed himself on Wednesday and announced that he would expand his state’s Medicaid program to cover the poor, becoming the latest — and, perhaps, most prominent — Republican critic of President Obama’s health care law to decide to put it into effect.
It was an about-face for Mr. Scott, a former businessman who entered politics as a critic of Mr. Obama’s health care proposals. Florida was one of the states that sued to try to block the law. After the Supreme Court ruled last year that though the law was constitutional, states could choose not to expand their Medicaid programs to cover the poor, Mr. Scott said that Florida would not expand its programs.
Mr. Scott said Wednesday that he now supported a three-year expansion of Medicaid, through the period that the federal government has agreed to pay the full cost of the expansion, and before some of the costs are shifted to the states.
“While the federal government is committed to paying 100 percent of the cost, I cannot in good conscience deny Floridians that needed access to health care,” Mr. Scott said at a news conference. “We will support a three-year expansion of the Medicaid program under the new health care law as long as the federal government meets their commitment to pay 100 percent of the cost during that time.”
He said there were “no perfect options” when it came to the Medicaid expansion. “To be clear: our options are either having Floridians pay to fund this program in other states while denying health care to our citizens,” he said, “or using federal funding to help some of the poorest in our state with the Medicaid program as we explore other health care reforms.”
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02-27-2013, 09:27 AM
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I wonder if Scott realizes in just two short days, the America we have come to know and love will cease to exist?
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02-27-2013, 09:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by g8trjax
I wonder if Scott realizes in just two short days, the America we have come to know and love will cease to exist?
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Mayan apocalypse?
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02-27-2013, 09:28 AM
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There are suggestions that this is a shrewd, Machiavellian tactic by Scott.
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02-27-2013, 09:30 AM
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I didn't think conservative ideas needed "tactics" to sell their ideas...
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"We want to be the fastest team in America, fast teams win."
"This is why we spend so much time recruiting because you need playmakers. You need difference makers."
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02-27-2013, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by HudsonGator
Mayan apocalypse?
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No, it's much worse.
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02-27-2013, 10:47 AM
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Our Agriculture Commissioner, Republican Adam Putnam slammed Scott for this. Don't blame him one bit.
"It's extremely disappointing to learn that Florida may take on billions in additional costs to taxpayers by expanding Medicaid coverage," Putnam said. "With over three million Floridians already enrolled in Medicaid, Florida cannot afford to foot the bill for millions more. We will not be able to undo the expansion of Medicaid after enrollment has exploded and the federal government begins to shift the cost to the states." (Associated Press, 2/21)
I can see Putnam in the Governor's office one day.
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02-27-2013, 10:56 AM
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Republican spine removals are apparently a prerequisite to running for office.
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02-27-2013, 10:57 AM
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"We want to be the fastest team in America, fast teams win."
"This is why we spend so much time recruiting because you need playmakers. You need difference makers."
Urban Meyer, Former Head Coach Univ. of Fla.
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02-27-2013, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by g8orbill
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He had no chance anyway.
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03-05-2013, 08:45 AM
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*address the topic not the poster*
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03-05-2013, 09:37 AM
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The federal govt is paying 100% of the cost for the period Scott expanded it. Why shouldn't he take it? We are paying for other states, they should pay for ours.
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03-05-2013, 09:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthanuf06
The federal govt is paying 100% of the cost for the period Scott expanded it. Why shouldn't he take it? We are paying for other states, they should pay for ours.
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If true - and if Scott was able to explicate it - voters would probably love him for it. They'd probably say "Aww, YEAH!"
But I'm guessing that Scott is too stupid and hapless to be able to bring this out.
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