Gov. Brownback and Deal are each lining up to sign legislation that would block future Democratic governors from expanding Medicaid without the approval of the solidly GOP state legislatures in each state
April 23, 2014

Via Liberaland:

It’s actually quite easy to explain. The reason why 19 states have refused to expand Medicaid has nothing to do with the cost — the federal government would cover the full cost of the expansion for the next two years, then 95 percent of the cost thereafter. It definitely doesn’t have anything to do with a lack of need for such a solution. This, as with the refusal to establish healthcare marketplaces (exchanges), has everything to do with Obama Derangement Syndrome — Republican governors who refuse for a variety of cheap political excuses to attach their names to Obamacare. By doing so, they’...

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