Friday, February 22, 2013

POLITICS - Rethinking Opposition to Medicaid Expansion

"Republican Governors Rethink Opposition to Medicaid Expansion" PBS Newshour 2/21/2013

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  At first, many Republican governors actively opposed expanding the Medicaid program and said they would not participate.  Now, some of them, including Florida Gov. Rick Scott, have reconsidered.  Judy Woodruff talks to Paul Howard of the Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute and Ron Pollack of Families USA.

JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  And we turn to the battles playing out over the health reform law and particularly the expansion of the Medicaid program.  Many Republican governors have long insisted they wouldn't participate.

But some of those more prominent opponents are shifting their position.  Now that includes the governor of the state that first brought suit against Medicare.

MAN:  Gov. Rick Scott.

JUDY WOODRUFF:  Florida's Gov. Rick Scott has been one of the most vocal critics of President Obama's health care law.

GOV. RICK SCOTT, R- Fla.:  This is going to be devastating for patients.

JUDY WOODRUFF:  But, yesterday, he reversed his decision to block the expansion of Medicaid.

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