Reality of Medicaid expansion

Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune: Republican governors are deciding it makes no sense to refuse Medicaid expansion under terms of Obamacare, even though fellow partisans are adamantly opposed.

“My approach is to not spend a lot of time complaining,” said Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. “We’re going to do our level best to make it work as best we can.” Other Republican governors adopting the same view are John Kasich of Ohio, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Rick Snyder of Michigan and Rick Scott of Florida.

In Missouri, Democrat Jay Nixon holds the same view, but, unlike most other states in the nation, his/ours won’t participate.

Republican majorities in the Missouri General Assembly hold out, insisting that if they deny expansion, the Obama administration will have to offer a different plan, a foolish stance intended to stick it in the president’s face while seeming to be willing to do a more modest expansion plan.

The fact is they would simply deny forever if they could get away with it.

So, Missouri will be a year behind other states implementing the law of the land, the reality other GOP governors recognize.