Republicans Refuse to Cover the Poor, Then Complain that Obamacare Isn't Covering the Poor

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http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/11/republicans-refuse-cover-poor-then-complain-obamacare-isnt-covering-poor


Republicans Refuse to Cover the Poor, Then Complain that Obamacare Isn't Covering the Poor

—By Kevin Drum
| Thu Nov. 21, 2013 3:30 PM PST


The New York Times has gotten hold of the "House Republican Playbook" on Obamacare, and I have to admit that it brought back warm memories. It's just like the launch kits I used to produce for our sales force whenever we came out with a new product, and I have to say that it looks very professional. For Eric Cantor's sake, I hope his sales force pays more attention to it than my sales force used to pay to mine.

In any case, it's all pretty predictable stuff: Obamacare is an abomination; people are losing their insurance; small companies are being ruined; etc. etc. But I have to say that this is my favorite talking point:




Needless to say, this is primarily because Republicans governors have refused to implement Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, even though it's 100 percent paid for at first and 90 percent paid for forever. These governors literally prefer to have their state's residents pay taxes and get nothing in return rather than give so much as an extra dime to poor people who need health care. It's truly hard to fathom what kind of human being is callous enough to do this, but apparently there are a bunch of them in the Republican Party.

And then, just to add a cherry of chutzpah on top of this ice cream sundae of spitefulness, they crow about how Obamacare isn't covering as many people as Obama hoped it would. You really have to marvel.

[IrishAyes]

1. I think they've ground themselves down to subhuman level. That's the end result of so much

hate and greed. What issues forth from a man's mouth is what condemns him. They rob everything from the poor and then despise them for their vulnerability.

[ProSense]

2. Republicans are

despicable creatures.

Stunning map of states refusing Medicaid expansion. 5 million hurt. TPM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024019515

The Cruelty of Republican States in One Chart
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023790604

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3. K & R