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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett may be the 10th Republican governor to back a Medicaid expansion in his state under President Barack Obama's health care reform law, according to reports.
Corbett declared in February that Pennsylvania wouldn't open Medicaid to more poor people under the law, but he will reverse that position and support a version of the expansion, Lancaster Online reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources. Corbett will make a Medicaid announcement soon, two Corbett aides confirmed to PoliticsPA.
A Medicaid expansion would provide health coverage to 682,000 people in Pennsylvania, according to the Lancaster Online report. Not counting Pennsylvania, 24 states and the District of Columbia plan to broaden Medicaid under Obamacare starting next year.
By supporting the Medicaid expansion, Corbett would join fellow Republican governors, including neighbors Chris Christie in New Jersey and John Kasich in Ohio, in bucking GOP resistance to the health care reform law. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) also initially opposed the Medicaid expansion before changing course.
So as the do nothing obstructionist Teapublican Congress votes to defund The Affordable Care Act for the
4,795th time, the GOP governors are caving by the minute...LOL
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So as the do nothing obstructionist Teapublican Congress votes to defund The Affordable Care Act for
4,795th time, the GOP governors are caving by the minute...LOL
The governors have to actually--you know--govern, unlike their GOP counterparts in Congress, who continue to fail to do so. More states will follow, as it's in their best interests, to say nothing of the best interests of their constituents.
Someone should explain to the OP that states need money to operate, and expanding federal programs gives the states more money initially to help them create "phantom" surpluses..
The governors have to actually--you know--govern, unlike their GOP counterparts in Congress, who continue to fail to do so. More states will follow, as it's in their best interests, to say nothing of the best interests of their constituents.
682,000 citizens have gone from marginalized to valued.
Wait a few beats and you'll see a plethora of self-centered avarice posted, showing the grievous absence of moral character of the right-wing.
Lol, Corbett is trying to save his own skin. In a moderate state like mine, you're not gonna last more than one term if you keep up the usual economic policy of the GOP of denigrating the poor
So as the do nothing obstructionist Teapublican Congress votes to defund The Affordable Care Act for the
4,795th time, the GOP governors are caving by the minute...LOL
Please, by all means, tell us why you feel that an expansion of Medicaid is a good thing for this country. Do you understand who exactly it is that receives Medicaid, and why they are eligible to receive it? Do you understand that such economic demographics are not good for the United States??
That's like celebrating an increase in taxpayer funds because there are more people on welfare.
Lol, Corbett is trying to save his own skin. In a moderate state like mine, you're not gonna last more than one term if you keep up the usual economic policy of the GOP of denigrating the poor
That's because hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians are ignorant Grandpappy Democrats and hang on to the lies put forth by the Obama Democrats as if the two versions of the ideology are even remotely close to each other.
Perhaps Pennsylvanians should work to right-size their mentality and begin to understand that the guy your grandpa voted for has no ideological kin-folk in today's Democratic party.
My wife is from Pennsylvania. I know the people I speak of, and there are many apathetic idiots there in your state.
Please, by all means, tell us why you feel that an expansion of Medicaid is a good thing for this country. Do you understand who exactly it is that receives Medicaid, and why they are eligible to receive it? Do you understand that such economic demographics are not good for the United States??
That's like celebrating an increase in taxpayer funds because there are more people on welfare.
Why are you celebrating?
So enlighten us all by explaining how getting rid of Medicaid would help improve the lives of those who are eligible for Medicaid?
So as the do nothing obstructionist Teapublican Congress votes to defund The Affordable Care Act for the
4,795th time, the GOP governors are caving by the minute...LOL
Unaffordable Destroy Healthcare Act. Let's be honest about this massively destructive legislation.
In other news unions support repealing this job killing, healthcare ruining mess.
The Democrats and statist Republicans are fighting against the wishes of the American people, and should be removed from office. The UDHA (ObamaCare) is massively unpopular among the America people.
My wife is from Pennsylvania. I know the people I speak of, and there are many apathetic idiots there in your state.
Well she did marry you so there is probably some truth to your statement.
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