Why Are Republican Governors Embracing Obamacare? They’d Like To Keep Their Jobs

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Governor Tom Corbett (R-PA) — one of the most unpopular governors in the nation — has decided to expand Medicaid to cover 682,000 residents who currently earn too much to qualify for government-subsidized health care.

Medicaid expansion, a key component of Obamacare, has been rejected in nearly every state that voted for Mitt Romney in the last election. But since the election a rash of Republican governors in states President Obama won have accepted the expansion, which the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 could not be forced on state governments.

Brian Sandoval (R-NV) was first followed by Susana Martinez (R-NM), Chris Christie (R-NJ), John Kasich (R-OH), Rick Scott (R-FL), Rick Snyder (R-MI), and now Corbett. All of these governors were able to pass expansion through their state legislatures, except Scott and Kasich — though Ohio’s governor is still pushing to accept the federal money.

Jan Brewer (R-AZ) — who represents a state Romney won but is trending Democrat — won a standoff with her Republican legislature to expand Medicaid in her state.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/why-are-republican-governors-embracing-obamacare-theyd-like-to-keep-their-jobs/

[Laelth]

1. Good sign. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[libdem4life]

2. More good news. And the word will get out soon to the rank and file American. What's left of

the Radicals, won't be enough to have an effect any longer. Cruz' popularity in Texas, known for it's wackos, will be affected and challenged by the new group coming in...Wendy Davis and the Castro twins. They are not johnny-come-latelys to Texas politics.