The Fox-led campaign to pressure GOP governors to decline the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion has left 5.7 million people uninsured who could have gained coverage under the law.
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could decide whether to expand Medicaid eligibility to all adults living below 133 percent of the federal poverty line, under a provision of the ACA which would provide federal funding for the expansion.
Immediately following the ruling, Fox News began a campaign to convince Republican governors to turn down the funding and refuse to expand the program. On July 2, 2012, Fox & Friends praised Florida governor Rick Scott for turning down Medicaid expansion. The same day, then-Fox News contributor Sarah Palin appeared on On the Record and said she "would like to see governors be tough and opt out" of the expansion":
i would like to point out especially any right wing voters who might peruse this blog, why are you supporting the republican party that urges you to turn down health care even state sponsored health care that will subsidize you if you can't pay,PALIN: Many, many states are not going to be able to afford expansion of Medicaid and these exchanges that are going to try to be forced down states' throats through "ObamaCare." I would like to see governors be tough and opt out of this and exert our 10th Amendment rights and tell President Obama, who does not understand the Constitution -- he even being a constitutional lecturer and supposed scholar in our Constitution, not understanding and probably never reading or absorbing the 10th Amendment to understand that states have rights.
they offer enormous amounts of money to your state to help you get this insurance and yet the republican governors are instructed not by you but by those that actually run the party the rich guys to turn it down poo poo in the Pres.'s face,
folks Pres. and his family have excellent insurance as well as those trying to psych you out of securing your health care, take a look the next time you see Pres. he looks good and your family while hating him for trying to better your life in favor of those who would take your life.
remember their 2012 primary a dozen or so clowns on stage and countless ones in the audience that cheered at the idea of Americans dying on the gurney in the hospital hall because of no insurance, well now since that person has become you are you still gung ho for death by lack of insurance?
