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"On June 28, 2012, the day that the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, the sighs of relief were so loud that they drowned out one part of the Court's decision that has come to haunt the lives of millions of poor people around the country, and that also has come to represent the fanatical refusal of Republican politicians, specifically Republican governors, to associate themselves with anything that had anything to do with President Barack Obama. In his opinion upholding the ACA, Roberts allowed individual governors to refuse to accept the Medicaid expansion in their states. In other words, just because it came from an Democratic president—and because it came from that Democratic president—these governors violated one of the fundamental tenets of state government that date back to the dawn of human greed: they refused FREE MONEY!"
"On June 28, 2012, the day that the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, the sighs of relief were so loud that they drowned out one part of the Court's decision that has come to haunt the lives of millions of poor people around the country, and that also has come to represent the fanatical refusal of Republican politicians, specifically Republican governors, to associate themselves with anything that had anything to do with President Barack Obama. In his opinion upholding the ACA, Roberts allowed individual governors to refuse to accept the Medicaid expansion in their states. In other words, just because it came from an Democratic president—and because it came from that Democratic president—these governors violated one of the fundamental tenets of state government that date back to the dawn of human greed: they refused FREE MONEY!"
"On June 28, 2012, the day that the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, the sighs of relief were so loud that they drowned out one part of the Court's decision that has come to haunt the lives of millions of poor people around the country, and that also has come to represent the fanatical refusal of Republican politicians, specifically Republican governors, to associate themselves with anything that had anything to do with President Barack Obama. In his opinion upholding the ACA, Roberts allowed individual governors to refuse to accept the Medicaid expansion in their states. In other words, just because it came from an Democratic president—and because it came from that Democratic president—these governors violated one of the fundamental tenets of state government that date back to the dawn of human greed: they refused FREE MONEY!"
Nobody forced these people to not take care of themselves, to smoke, drink, gulp big gulps, drop out of school, and be lazy. Medicaid should be eliminated altogether, not expanded. If one chooses to be poor, so be it. Not our fault.
Nobody forced these people to not take care of themselves, to smoke, drink, gulp big gulps, drop out of school, and be lazy. Medicaid should be eliminated altogether, not expanded. If one chooses to be poor, so be it. Not our fault.
Life is hard. It's even harder if you are lazy and/or stupid.
"On June 28, 2012, the day that the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, the sighs of relief were so loud that they drowned out one part of the Court's decision that has come to haunt the lives of millions of poor people around the country, and that also has come to represent the fanatical refusal of Republican politicians, specifically Republican governors, to associate themselves with anything that had anything to do with President Barack Obama. In his opinion upholding the ACA, Roberts allowed individual governors to refuse to accept the Medicaid expansion in their states. In other words, just because it came from an Democratic president—and because it came from that Democratic president—these governors violated one of the fundamental tenets of state government that date back to the dawn of human greed: they refused FREE MONEY!"
but its not free money...it costs the state..and the individual taxpayers
your state NC... Gov. Cooper want to expand Medicaid....it would cost $6 billion over the next two years, which represents a 28% percent increase in Medicaid spending and a roughly 8% increase in total state spending.
Among the 37 states that have expanded Medicaid in accordance with Obamacare, cautionary tales about its affordability abound. CNN contributor John Kasich, for example, expanded Medicaid in accordance with Obamacare when he was governor of Ohio. He did so over the objections of Republicans in the state legislature. Only eighteen months after the Kasich-backed expansion took effect, Ohio’s Medicaid program was $1.5 billion over budget.
Medicaid costs in Ohio rose 35% from $18.9 billion in fiscal year 2013, the beginning of Kasich’s second term as governor, to $25.7 billion in 2017, when Kasich left office. The following numbers highlight how Medicaid spending is growing at a rapid clip nationwide, both in states that expanded the program and those that did not:
Total state Medicaid spending has grown 88% over the past decade, more than double the rate of growth for total state spending, which rose 40% during that same period.
Medicaid was already the largest category of state spending a decade ago, and today the program consumes an even greater share of state spending. In 2017, Medicaid consumed more than 29% of total state spending, up from a little over 20% in 2008.
To put that in perspective, the share of total state spending now going toward Medicaid is more than 42% larger than it was only a decade ago.
Medicaid spending, in addition to being the largest category of spending, has grown at a much faster rate than all other areas of state spending, including education, public safety, and infrastructure.
btw
North Carolina, named by CNBC last week as the nation’s best economy...there is another budget surplus in North Carolina. This surplus comes even after the final round of personal and corporate income tax cuts took effect at the beginning of this year over the objections of Governor Cooper.
Nobody forced these people to not take care of themselves, to smoke, drink, gulp big gulps, drop out of school, and be lazy. Medicaid should be eliminated altogether, not expanded. If one chooses to be poor, so be it. Not our fault.
If someone chooses to be poor? Do you really believe poverty is a choice? That people want to be poor and make the decision to be so?
This is the proper response to a lazy, drive by cut & paste job of an esquire piece, amirite?
yep
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