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pipewrench

(194 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 07:17 PM Nov 2012

Republican Governors Ask For Meeting With President

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/governors-obamacare_n_2132080.html

"Republican governors, who have opposed President Barack Obama's 2010 health care reform law from the start, now say they'd like to sit down with him and talk Obamacare. "

Why Now ?
Did the band change and your forced to dance to a different tune?
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Republican Governors Ask For Meeting With President (Original Post) pipewrench Nov 2012 OP
states don't have much money these days mucifer Nov 2012 #1
This is to advance political ploys against the new medical care laws Nika Nov 2012 #2
They don't want to sit down with their Congressional Reps? DCKit Nov 2012 #3
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Dubster Nov 2012 #4
Obama should meet with these assholes and tell them to get out of the way on the ACA or craigmatic Nov 2012 #5
They want to extend the deadline alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #6
Didn't they just get an extension? qwlauren35 Nov 2012 #7
My health policy professor predicted this democrattotheend Nov 2012 #8
Unfortunately the Alabama Governor bama_blue_dot Nov 2012 #9
Isn't the Federal gov't hauckeye Nov 2012 #10

Nika

(546 posts)
2. This is to advance political ploys against the new medical care laws
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 07:27 PM
Nov 2012

He should go into such a meeting with a give no quarters attitude, because this is the attitude he will face.

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
3. They don't want to sit down with their Congressional Reps?
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 07:28 PM
Nov 2012

Ya'know, the ones who passed it so the President could sign it.

It's sad, but it seems almost none of the Republicans know how the Federal government works (or the actual name of the bill).

 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
5. Obama should meet with these assholes and tell them to get out of the way on the ACA or
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 07:35 PM
Nov 2012

he's going to block certain agencies that benefit their states.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
6. They want to extend the deadline
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 07:46 PM
Nov 2012

They bet on Romney and didn't do their jobs. Now they want to extend the deadline for opting in.

democrattotheend

(11,607 posts)
8. My health policy professor predicted this
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 08:57 PM
Nov 2012

He said despite the rhetoric, the Medicaid expansion is too good of a deal for states to turn down.

bama_blue_dot

(224 posts)
9. Unfortunately the Alabama Governor
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 09:04 PM
Nov 2012

has already declined to expand medicaid, and set up the exchanges.. Now, I have no chance to get health insurance..

hauckeye

(635 posts)
10. Isn't the Federal gov't
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 09:10 PM
Nov 2012

going to run the exchanges if a state decides not to set up their own? Hopefully you can still get health insurance that way.

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