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frazzled

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7. Right: just like they said they weren't going to take stimulus money

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 06:29 PM

Jun 2012

And then posed for pictures with all the projects built with the stimulus money they took.

As for the exchanges: who cares. If Florida or Louisiana doesn't comply, the law says the federal government steps in and sets up the exchanges for the citizens of those states.
As for the Medicaid expansion: The feds are going to pay 100% of the costs for the first years and 90% thereafter. These governors are not going to pass up that money.

This is election-year red meat.

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Governors: No Omamacare in Louisiana, Florida [View all] CanonRay Jun 2012 OP

So let them fund their own damn Medicare budgets themselves, then. TransitJohn Jun 2012 #1

They should not be allowed to do that... and-justice-for-all Jun 2012 #2

I live in Alabama SoutherDem Jun 2012 #3

Good. Let's stop all taxation of residents of those states tularetom Jun 2012 #4

Omamacare? Lol. dkf Jun 2012 #5

Wait until the Seniors here in Florida get wind of this...There will be hell...n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #6

Why would they be pissed? Autumn Jun 2012 #10

No. Many, many of us do not..It's too expensive and we'd rather eat...n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #16

Excellent, I didn't know that the ACA helped Medicare recipients too. Autumn Jun 2012 #17

Right: just like they said they weren't going to take stimulus money frazzled Jun 2012 #7

Little boys having tantrums. charmay Jun 2012 #8

I heard on DemocracyNow that the Feds set up exchanges when the states refuse.... Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #9

That should go over well with the voters. Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #11

"WE DIDN'T GET OUR WAY - NOW THE POOR WILL SUFFER FOR IT DearAbby Jun 2012 #12

The exchanges will be set up anyway bluestateguy Jun 2012 #13

Thats good to hear and I suspect they know it. DCBob Jun 2012 #15

wanna bet? the feds will do it if the asshole republican governors won't spanone Jun 2012 #14