Sebelius: Guvs Against Medicaid Are 'Playing Politics' With People's Lives
CATHERINE THOMPSON – FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 2:34 PM EST
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday slammed Republican governors who are ideologically opposed to expanding Medicaid in their states for putting their constituents' health at risk.
"Unfortunately, what I think we have in a large case is governors playing politics with people's lives and people's health," Sebelius said in an interview with HuffPost Live. "There's no reason that this return on investment isn't a very positive thing because there's a cost of doing nothing in those states."
Sebelius listed Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida as states that harmed black residents in particular by refusing to accept federal money to expand Medicaid coverage. And in Texas, she pointed out, almost one in four residents have no insurance at all.
"It has nothing to do with the constituents that live in that state. It's really about his own ideological battle with the president of the United States," Sebelius said of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) refusal to expand the program.
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