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Missouri State Senators Mike Parson and Tom Dempsey Begin Obamacare Sellout

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 4th, 2013 at 04:15 AM  | 

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Missouri State Senators Mike Parson and Tom Dempsey are working toward a cave on Obamacare as best they can in Missouri.

Senator Parson has filed SB 456, a “shell” of legislation into which multiple sources in and around the Missouri legislator expect they’ll put an expansion of Medicaid.

Over 70% of Missourians voted to oppose implementation of Obamacare in a ballot initiative, but several people I’ve spoken to said this legislation would act as an end run around the will of the people and be focused on Medicaid, without focusing on state exchanges, mandates, etc.

The result would still be the same.

The Missouri Senate President has handpicked a committee to look at expansion of Medicaid in Missouri and Speaker Timothy Jones has set up a working group. All these acts are happening in unison and many are fearful there’ll be a coordinated rush to push through Medicaid expansion before voters can rally.

If you live in Missouri, go to the RedState Action Center right now and take action to stop the legislature from expanding Medicaid.

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  • docinpa

    I detest ObamaCare. That said, governors are in a terrible spot on this. Thanks to the traitorous Chief Justice, this POS is now the law of the land. As a result, Sebelius is now able to basically blackmail states and this is how: ObamaCare will be defunding a whole bunch of ancillary programs, especially “disproportionate share” programs, that help out hospitals that take care of a lot of indigents (which they’re required to do under EMTALA). If a state doesn’t take the Medicaid money, there’s a good chance that a LOT of community-based hospitals will go bankrupt. What to do now? I don’t have a clue. Elections have consequences, etc.

  • http://www.BillBowenAuthor.com RightinSanFrancisco

    Today’s edition contained separate diatribes about Republican legislators not being adequately conservative in Colorato, Texas, and Missouri. If Red State is to continue to prosper, you need to not be total curmudgeons and sprinkle in a little bit of good news (which actually exists in equal measure). The sequester is working. Celebrate success.
    www.RightinSanFrancisco.com

  • Afterseven

    Limited Government through the expansion of Medicaid. Makes perfect sense! Our GOP…. institutionalizing socialism one industry at a time. Kudos to the GOP brain trust.