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Originally Posted by Robbie
kane, I keep seeing some people post that some states are "not cooperating". What does that mean? Which states? And how can they "not cooperate" (which sounds pretty "big brother" right there lol)
Are you saying that Republican Governors in some states are "not cooperating"?
How do they "cooperate" in the first place...and how do they have any affect on the law even if they don't like it?
Other than make speeches and/or pursue lawsuits...do the governors have ANY power in this at all?
Seems like the excuse of some states "not cooperating" might be another (of many) b.s. "blame everybody but Obama" ideas floated by the DNC to keep the heat off of them?
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Obamacare allows for the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to include people of lower income. It allows for federal funds to go to states that expand their programs to include these people. Many red states are refusing to expand their Medicaid program, even though the cost will be covered by the federal government, because they don't like Obamacare and they don't want to be seen as going along with it.
Part of the republican lawsuits against Obamacare was to allow states to "opt out" of the medicare expansion it was granted by the supreme court.
Here is a map that shows which states expanded and which didn't. Do a side by side comparision with the 2012 electoral vote map and you will see that almost all of those states that have opted out are red states.