Despite unanimously passing, Florida governor vetoes bill aimed at helping poor and rural residents

[KamaAina]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/18/1517015/-Despite-unanimously-passing-Florida-governor-vetoes-bill-aimed-at-helping-poor-and-rural-residents

Governor Rick Scott is at it again, coming up with new ways for the residents of Florida to despise him. This time, it is denying dental care to Florida’s poor and more rural residents. He vetoed a bill to that unanimously passed both chambers of the Florida legislature:

The bill (HB 139), filed by state Rep. Travis Cummings, had been passed unanimously by both chambers of the Legislature in the 2016 Legislative Session.

It created a grants program aimed at dentists to serve patients in counties with a shortage of dentists or in otherwise “medically underserved areas.” The grants, anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000, were to be administered by the Department of Health.

In his veto letter, Scott said he agreed that “maintaining good oral health is integral to the overall health of Florida families.” But he added he could not “support a program that does not place appropriate safeguards on taxpayer investments.”

[bjo59]

1. He's such an asshole and proud of it.

[cloudbase]

2. If the bill passed unanimously,

there should be no problem overriding his veto.

[gratuitous]

4. True; unless . . .

Unless somebody in the Florida legislature decides that indigent dental care makes a dandy political football, and decides to mess with the measure to benefit himself or his district. But that would be the basest sort of game: Playing politics with people's health and lives.

But this is Florida, after all.

[cloudbase]

5. Hey! I'm in Texas.

I'm familiar with that stuff.

[lpbk2713]

3. The lady at Starbucks was right --- Scott's an asshole.

Link: http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/apr/06/rick-scotts-starbucks-heckler/starbucks-heckler-claims-rick-scott-cut-medicaid-p/