But a few months ago, Scott made a dramatic about-face when he announced his support for Medicaid ex

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Weatherford, a young and charismatic rising star in the state Republican Party, made headlines early in the session when it was revealed that his family did not have health insurance when he was a child and relied on a type of Medicaid to help pay for cancer treatments for his brother, who died at 13 months of age.
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The proposal would have saved the state money, but House Republicans resisted accepting any funding tied to the federal law and instead passed a bill that would use $237 million in state funds to cover about 115,000 residents. The Obama administration has sought to offer health insurance to more Americans by extending riverwalk hotels in san antonio tx the Medicaid eligibility levels to those making up to 138 percent of the poverty level. But the House plan only addressed residents making at or below 100 percent. That's roughly $11,000 a year for a single person and about $19,500 for family of three.
With the House and Senate at odds in the final weeks, religious groups, the Florida Hospital Association and the union representing health care workers turned up the heat with television commercials, letters to lawmakers and press conferences.
riverwalk hotels in san antonio tx A commercial by the Service Employees International Union accused several Republican lawmakers of putting politics ahead of working families by blocking tens of billions of federal riverwalk hotels in san antonio tx dollars. The commercials ran in areas of lawmakers who live in vulnerable districts where Obama either won or narrowly lost.
Gridlock over Medicaid expansion eventually brought the Legislative session to a screeching halt Tuesday when angry House Democrats used a procedural move to stall the session and required that all bills be read aloud and in full before they were voted on. Republicans responded by using an "auto reader," a computer that reads using a synthesized voice, and limiting debate.
I'm sure they will have a nice healthy vacation with their families. After-all, they have a Cadillac health policy compliments of the taxpayers. Meanwhile, many families wonder how they will handle the next emergency and financial crisis that will follow. People will now pay into a system that they cannot access, thanks to the House Republicans.
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