Republicans Refuse To Cover The Poor, Then Complain That Obamacare Isn’t Covering The Poor

[Playinghardball]

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. 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.

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.

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

http://theobamadiary.com/

[liberal N proud]

1. That is what it means to be Republican

Hypocritical!

[Rstrstx]

2. There was an article about this on yahoo

I remember hearing Sen Cornyn on the radio a few weeks ago supposedly in possession of recordings of healthcare guiders telling people to "inflate their income a little" and calling it fraudulent. He fails to grasp the irony that if the state had taken the damned Medicaid money there wouldn't be an issue. There's a good writeup on someone's predicament at yahoo:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/working-poor-fear-dreaded-coverage-194500781.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CRvkZVS6zwA96eTmYlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBmMHFub2M1BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2FjNA--