where the poor have access to health care and yet nothing has changed for those on the texas side of town. that includes janice morris who got a pain killer and a bill after visiting for a bad tooth. she said i don t have $600. joining us now washington bureau chief for the huffington post. i continue to be amazed at how the battle has moved from state to state and how quickly it goes nuclear in every state it comes to. you ve got unbelievable tales of back room deals in ohio, backroom deals that got the expansion passed in some cases. you have everything gets brought to bear when this fight comes to the center of the state s politics. you would think people have more to do with their time than spend so much energy trying to
we need to get back to figuring out how we are going to pay for health care or provide health care for the poor citizens we have in our commonwealth. virginia house delegate mike sickles thanks again. there are 24 states that have not accepted medicaid expansion. leaving about 8 million people without coverage. if you want to get a sense of the difference between life under the expansion and without it new york times did it in a story with the town of texarkana where the poor have access to health care and yet nothing has changed for those on the texas side of town. that includes janice morris who got a pain killer and a bill after visiting for a bad tooth. she said i don t have $600. joining us now washington bureau chief for the huffington post.
democratic state senator from a largely republican district. puckett formally resigned today. you may be saying no big deal. state senator stepped down. who cares? the reason it is such a big deal is that the virginia state senate is split with 20 democrats and 20 republicans. the democrats control the chamber because the state s lieutenant governor is a democrat and he casts the tie breaking vote. not anymore. the resignation handed the senate to the republican party with massive implications. what could have prompted this guy to leave? in a statement he attributed the departure to unspecified family issues. but, three sources told the washington post over the weekend that puckett was convinced to step down by republicans who promised to appoint him to job as deputy director to tobacco commission. some accused him of buying him off so they can take over the chamber in what was caused an unseemly, shady back room deal. puckett insists claims are incorrect adding i have neve
a state that is getting pretty acustomed to political scandals. in january as you may recall former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife were indicted on fourteen counts for allegedly accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from a virginia business man. in exchange for promoting his products. they deny they broke the law. they go on trial next month. it centers on this man, philip puckett until today was a democratic state senator from a largely republican district. in the southwestern part of the state. puckett formally resigned today. you may be saying no big deal. state senator stepped down. who cares? the reason it is such a big deal is that the virginia state senate is split with 20 democrats and 20 republicans. evenly. the democrats control the chamber because the state s lieutenant governor is a democrat and he casts the tie breaking vote. not anymore. the resignation handed the senate to the republican party with massive implications. what could have prompted t
largely republican district. puckett formally resigned today. you may be saying no big deal. state senator stepped down. who cares? the reason it is such a big deal is that the virginia state senate is split with 20 democrats and 20 republicans. the democrats control the chamber because the state s lieutenant governor is a democrat and he casts the tie breaking vote. not anymore. the resignation handed the senate to the republican party with massive implications. what could have prompted this guy to leave? in a statement he attributed the departure to unspecified family issues. but, three sources told the washington post over the weekend that puckett was convinced to step down by republicans who promised to appoint him to job as deputy director to tobacco commission. some accused him of buying him off so they can take over the chamber in what was caused an unseemly, shady back room deal. puckett insists claims are incorrect adding i have never officially been offered a job