And Another GOP Governor Falls in line...like you knew he would (health care, Obama)

[desertdetroiter]

Looks like John Kasich of Ohio got religion in recent days. Something tells me that all of these GOP governors that were jumping up and down about their hatred of Obamacare were just putting on a show for the election. I'm starting to doubt that they hated the bill the whole time. They really wanted this bill, and the holdouts STILL want this bill, they just don't wanna admit it. From the link:

Generous federal funding for new Medicaid enrollees is likely the major motivating factor behind Kasich's decision to participate in the expansion, which the Supreme Court made optional for states when it upheld Obama's health care law last year. The federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs of the new beneficiaries from next year through 2016, after which the share will gradually decline until it reaches

Do you really believe that he hadn't figured that out and wasn't in favor of it right from the beginning? I don't. But of course, he had to play along in order to make it look good.

Ohio Medicaid Expansion Backed By GOP Gov. John Kasich

[HappyTexan]

So the Fed is fully funding the expansion for 2 years.
What happens in year 3 ?

[AeroGuyDC]

Once again: Why are you celebrating the expansion of Medicaid?

Do you understand who Medicaid represents? Why would we celebrate the existence of more of these people in our country?

Shouldn't we be celebrating a decrease in Medicaid rolls instead?

[TrapperJohn]

Bribery has been an effective method of usurping government for centuries.

[Don Draper]

So much for the GOP revolution and secessionist movement.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Once again: Why are you celebrating the expansion of Medicare?

Do you understand who Medicare represents? Why would we celebrate the existence of more of these people in our country?

Shouldn't we be celebrating a decrease in Medicare rolls instead?

I think you meant medicaid, not medicare.

[HappyTexan]

We are now going to declare POOR those who were not poor.
And this is a good thing to expand the number of "poor" people in the US ?

[workaholics]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Once again: Why are you celebrating the expansion of Medicare?

Do you understand who Medicare represents? Why would we celebrate the existence of more of these people in our country?

Shouldn't we be celebrating a decrease in Medicare rolls instead?

so you want old people to hurry up and die??

Friendly tip: Medicare and Medicaid are NOT the same thing. But you get an A for effort.

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

I think you meant medicaid, not medicare.

Oops, you're right. My mistake.

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by workaholics

so you want old people to hurry up and die??

Friendly tip: Medicare and Medicaid are NOT the same thing. But you get an A for effort.

Oops, you're right. My mistake. Edited for accuracy.