would not be able to expand the medicaid program without the consent of the state legislature, which will almost certainly remain republican. now goldie, you live in georgia, what s your reaction to this? you know, governor deal has been ironically, the guy who would not expand medicaid coverage, but watched rural hospitals in the state close down. and so people under governor deal have less access to qual y quality, accessible health care in this state. the expansion of medicaid doesn t cost states but 10 cents on the dollar. why then would not a state expand medicate roles to include 130% of poverty, those people caught in the middle, those people who don t earn enough money for plans inside the marketplace but earn don t earn too much for the current medicaid allotment. and so i wonder why well, actually i know why this state legislature passed this kind of
to the point where democrats are thinking like republicans. republicans have been terrified by the prospect of obama care really taking root in american culture. and what they re terrified by is that once you give people these benefits, just read charles krauthammer, once you give people these benefits they don t want them taken away. people say don t take away the coverage for pre-existing conditions. then you re seeing democrats take on this question of medicaid expansion. that s about people getting health care coverage. it s not about the expansion of a program. the next stage, the question is, does that happen before or after the midterms. it s going to happen by 2016. will democrats wake up to in 2014. you know, goldie, several red states are pushing a new plan to block the health care law. talking points memo reports, quote, under bills passed in georgia and kansas recently, even if a democratic candidate were to pull off an upset and take the governor s seat, they