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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThree Democratic Governors are considering turning down ACA money?
Seriously?
A ThinkProgress survey reveals that ten GOP governors have said definitively that they will not accept the funds, while 19 are still considering other options. Sixteen states, all with Democratic governors, have committed to expanding their programs:
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Not a single Republican governor has pledged to accept the new Medicaid funds and three Democrats are also considering turning down the money. In total, these states would give up $291.4 billion in federal funds and leave 10,297,221 Americans uninsured.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/07/02/509464/gop-governors-may-turn-down-258-billion-in-obamacare-funds-leave-92-million-americans-uninsured/
Rambis
(7,774 posts)then they will come begging for cash like they always do.
Ship of Fools
(1,453 posts)(assuming they're bluedogs) out behind the shed. Sick of the
mixed messaging, even as the messaging already sucks.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Perhaps the Medicare expansion would cause a problem with that, or at least could create enough of an issue that they're considering turning it down. Without any specifics, "three Democrats" doesn't mean much.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)I can honestly name 2 GOP governors to the left of Earl Ray Tomblin and 3 GOP Senators who support progressive legislation more often than Joe Manchin. Even Jay Rockefeller and Nick Rahall are good to screw us with some consistency.
WV Democrats really seem like a lost cause, I only live an hour away from the border and I can tell you the grassroots aren't any bluer.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)I remember as a kid WV was a lot more liberal. Mineworkers were a strong union presence and it was basically a pretty solid state for the Democrats.
They even voted for Michael Dukakis.
I guess we can disown those politicians.
But West Virginia is oppressed. The place needs help big time. People are basically begging for sometime toxic or hazardous jobs because that's what there is. They think they need to protect the extraction industry if they want to to live half decent. It's fear that makes them like that.
Candidate Obama understood what was going on in WV.
dsc
(52,169 posts)It will be up to her successor who will hopefully be Dalton and hopefully will find a way to take the money with our without lege approval.
bornskeptic
(1,330 posts)Perdue's not running for re-election, so she'll be gone long before that decision is made, and I can't imagine she'd turn the money down anyway. I would guess Arkansas and Kentucky are more likely.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Apparently Kentucky is implementing...light blue on the map anyways.
Could be Arkansas or Montana maybe? WV, MO, and NC are dark blue on the map for undecided.
bornskeptic
(1,330 posts)There really wouldn't be much point in even asking her when she's clearly not going to be involved. Most of the answers are political posturing anyway. I don't have any problem with a Democratic governor who is uncommitted now for political reasons. I suspect that every Democratic governor who is in office at the time will accept the money, and that most of the Republicans will too.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)snot
(10,540 posts)There's strength in numbers. If more liberals stood up for what they supposedly believe, more voters might question what they hear from the far right.
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)who like to be paid for all the services they render to uninsured patients...How long will they sit all allow these Governors to grandstand?
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)along with the working poor get done with them...the voters will kick their stinking sorry asses out... in comes a governor who will.