Why Even Uber-Conservative States Are Now Bending On Obamacare

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/wyoming-medicaid-expansion-obamacare-why-wy

Few states are as conservative as Wyoming. Nearly 70 percent of its voters went for Mitt Romney in 2012. Out of 90 legislative seats, 78 are held by Republicans. A Republican governor. It also epitomizes the independent streak found in the West, defined by a deep distrust of the federal government.

But even there, state officials are starting to open up to the idea of expanding Medicaid under Obamacare. The legislature requested earlier this year that Gov. Matt Mead (R) meet with the Obama administration to discuss the state's options. Mead's office told TPM that the governor met with staff from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the first time in July. Mead said recently that he would present expansion options to the legislature early next year.

 

"At the end of the day, the expansion failed the first time because of that federal distrust and general disdain for the current administration," state Sen. Chris Rothfuss (D), who has been a leading proponent of the expansion, told TPM. "It doesn't matter who's in the White House. The state of Wyoming is not fond of the federal government. But right now, it's probably even worse."

 

ask yourself if not for the vitriol and demonizing and lying and misleading by republicans, even if they did noting like they promised and Pres. did what he has in spite of them would you still hate him or distrust him?  you cannot fool yourself but for a few seconds when confronted with te truth any time after that is deliberate.

 

these people knew this to be a good program but they wanted to keep the insurance co,'s in your pocket even after the same ins. co.'s realized it was not a train wreck or an abomination.  changes now are from repeated success reports and impending midterms, they have denied us so much they think that a couple of months out they try to walk back the denial and hate rhetoric and we'll say "all is forgiven" I'm okay with that keep on thinking that and we['ll see you in the unemployment line Jan. 2015.