In his relentless campaign against President Obama’s health care reform law, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) has repeatedly proven his willingness to put politics ahead of the welfare of his state’s residents. While other Republican governors have joined in opposition to the Affordable Care Act, most have forged ahead with implementing the reforms and accepted the federal money that comes with it as that is the law, until their suit against the legislation is settled in court.
But the St. Petersburg Times reports that Scott has taken a different tact, ignoring the law by rejecting millions in federal health aid for senior citizens, children, and the disabled just to spite the president and score political points with the far right:
MoreFlorida already leads a lawsuit challenging the federal health care law, but state officials are going a step further and ignoring the law almost entirely — rejecting millions of federal dollars to provide health care for retirees, seniors, children and people with disabilities.So far this year, Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-led Legislature have returned or refused to spend at least $19 million in federal money associated with implementing the health care law. Scott also has stopped any state planning for the creation of mandated health care exchanges, which will allow consumers to comparison shop for health insurance plans.
Get over it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a moron Rick Scott is.
ReplyDeletealex please refer to the story regarding the bricks and read the last paragraph about name calling. with regards to florida, good for rick scott. we don't have the money, the law is being challenged and i wish our govenor would do the same
ReplyDeleteThis will be a very telling story to follow. A plan that someone envisions in theory does not always play out as planned in reality. I'll keep watchin on this one.
ReplyDeleteWhy you guys keep punlishing anything from this site amazes me. The never let a let a story get in the way of the truth. They are just a left wing hack organization that takes a story and puts their left wing spin on it with little regards for the truth.
ReplyDeleteRick Scott is probably the biggest mistake Floridians have ever made. Before it's over, we'll be begging Jeb! to come back.
ReplyDeleteI also suspect that Rick Scott is mentally ill and chemically enhanced. He has that, "If it weren't for the bipolar drugs I'd be screaming" look in his eyes.
Regards from Florida - David Hearne
1051-Truth is, Jeb was a good governor. If it wasn't for his cokehead brother leaving a bad taste in the nations' mouth, he'd have a legit shot at the White House. I'm no fan of Rick Scott, but I'm no fan of what will ultimately become a piece of legislation that will be deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
ReplyDeleteThat Federal money comes with big strings attached.
ReplyDeleteThe State governments are tires of being told what to do by the fools in DC