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In reply to the discussion: Mississippi Rejection Of Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Leaves People Uninsured [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)25. Why turn it down just because it helps poor, sick people?
That's exactly what Mississippi is doing. Other southern states are threatening to do so in the hopes Robme wins, but they've left the door open to grab the bucks (because it's already costing them to bury people or wait for them to die in a sub-standard nursing home).
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Mississippi Rejection Of Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Leaves People Uninsured [View all]
Daniel537
Oct 2012
OP
The cost of not having health care places a much more severe burden on the public
truthisfreedom
Oct 2012
#1
These people who ask for help are nothing but Commies! Just ask the Tea Bag Society! N/T
busterbrown
Oct 2012
#30
The ONLY way to fight back is to vote and the sad fact is that many of those most in need
Bandit
Oct 2012
#22
I hate Rick Scott with all the fires of hell. Everyone I talk to about him hates him...
L0oniX
Oct 2012
#4
I think that the gop in those states are invested in keeping poor people poor and uneducated.
olddad56
Oct 2012
#8
How about those "Leaders of the state" get their state-paid for insurance canceled?
Archae
Oct 2012
#10