#GOP Governor Shuts Down Lawmaking Until Her Party Agrees To Expand Medicaid

[Zepp]

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/24/2059031/gop-governor-veto-
legislation-medicaid/

GOP Governor Shuts Down Lawmaking Until Her Party Agrees To Expand
Medicaid

By Sy Mukherjee on May 24, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R)

Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) has a message for her party: expand Medicaid — or
else.

The combative GOP governor is sticking by a threat she made to veto all
legislation until lawmakers resolve the 2014 state budget and pass
Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. On Thursday, Brewer proved that wasn’t
just talk, vetoing five bills sent to her desk in quick succession.

“I warned that I would not sign additional measures into law until we see
resolution of the two most pressing issues facing us: adoption of a
fiscal 2014 state budget and plan for Medicaid,” wrote Brewer in her veto
message. “It is disappointing I must demonstrate the moratorium was not
an idle threat.”

Arizona officials only have five weeks before reaching the constitutional
deadline for passing a budget. Last Thursday, six Republican state
senators joined a unified Democratic caucus to pass a Medicaid expansion
bill — but efforts have been gummed up in the state House since then.

Brewer isn’t letting the issue slide. She has been touring the Grand
Canyon State to shore up support for the expansion and put pressure on
reticent lawmakers in her own party.

Some Republicans opposed to the expansion have warned of dire political
consequences for lawmakers who buck the traditional conservative
opposition to Medicaid. In a letter to Republican legislators, the
chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee wrote of the state
senators who voted for expansion, “Their egregious actions will have
serious consequences. Their political careers are all but over and their
days numbered.” He referred to Brewer as a “rogue governor” in the same
statement.

But Brewer appears to be sticking by her convictions. At the beginning of
the year, she became the third Republican governor to embrace expansion,
asserting that it would provide health coverage to 50,000 low-income
Arizonans. While promoting the expansion in March, Brewer attested to the
dire consequences of failing to expand Medicaid. “The human cost of this
tragedy can’t be calculated,” said Brewer, flanked by public health
officials, doctors, and advocates for the poor. “Remember, there is no
Plan B.”

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) estimates that expanding Medicaid
would cut Arizona’s uninsurance rate by nearly a third.

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Not dead, in jail or a slave? Thank a liberal!

[Enraged Apostate, World Citizen]

Zepp <de...@gone.com> wrote on Fri 24 May 2013 04:23:14p

> Some Republicans opposed to the expansion have warned of dire political
> consequences for lawmakers who buck the traditional conservative
> opposition to Medicaid. In a letter to Republican legislators, the
> chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee wrote of the state
> senators who voted for expansion, “Their egregious actions will have
> serious consequences. Their political careers are all but over and their
> days numbered.” He referred to Brewer as a “rogue governor” in the
> same statement.

Oh how I do so love to see members of the right-wing filth fighting among
themselves.

I am quite confused by this clearly liberal side to Brewer. Other Republican
governors have had no problem shitting on the poor of their own state.



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[Zepp]

On Sat, 25 May 2013 00:53:59 +0000, Enraged Apostate, World Citizen wrote:

> Zepp <de...@gone.com> wrote on Fri 24 May 2013 04:23:14p
>
>> Some Republicans opposed to the expansion have warned of dire political
>> consequences for lawmakers who buck the traditional conservative
>> opposition to Medicaid. In a letter to Republican legislators, the
>> chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee wrote of the state
>> senators who voted for expansion, “Their egregious actions will have
>> serious consequences. Their political careers are all but over and
>> their days numbered.” He referred to Brewer as a “rogue governor” in
>> the same statement.
>
> Oh how I do so love to see members of the right-wing filth fighting
> among themselves.
>
> I am quite confused by this clearly liberal side to Brewer. Other
> Republican governors have had no problem shitting on the poor of their
> own state.

She has an unexpected pragmatic side to her. She can read polls.

Other red state governors are crumbling, too.

[Hell Stomper]

On May 24, 9:13 pm, Zepp <d...@gone.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 May 2013 00:53:59 +0000, Enraged Apostate, World Citizen wrote:

> > Zepp <d...@gone.com> wrote on Fri 24 May 2013 04:23:14p

We'll just see about that.

[Steve]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 23:23:14 +0000 (UTC), Zepp <de...@gone.com> wrote:

>http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/24/2059031/gop-governor-veto-
>legislation-medicaid/



<LOL>@thinkprogress.org propaganda

[Enraged Apostate, World Citizen]

Hell Stomper <stardu...@gmail.com> wrote on Fri 24 May 2013 07:05:09p

Promising an even darker descent into a dark age?