Florida governor’s ‘conscience’ takes a costly turn

[KamaAina]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/florida-governors-conscience-takes-costly-turn

It was just two years ago that Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) made a surprise announcement. In a policy breakthrough, the far-right governor said he’d changed his mind about Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act, and Scott wanted to embrace the policy he’d once rejected.

“I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care,” the Republican said in February 2013. Scott added at the time that Medicaid expansion is “a compassionate, common sense step forward.”

The governor’s “conscience” has apparently shifted. The Miami Herald reported yesterday:

Republican Gov. Rick Scott backed off his support of Medicaid expansion Monday, triggering a political backlash and giving the Florida House ammunition in its ongoing budget battle with the Senate.

[djean111]

1. Scott only said he was for it because he did not want Crist to use the fact that Scott was

against it, in the last election. Scott submitted the expansion at the end of the legislative session, knowing it would not be acted on. This is not a surprise at all.