Florida Governor Rick Scott Vows Not To Comply With Affordable Care Act

Posted by | July 1, 2012 09:55 | Filed under: Top Stories


After saying he would obey the law if it were declared legal, Rick Scott has changed his tune.

Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid and we’re not going to implement exchanges,” Scott’s spokesman Lane Wright told The Associated Press on Saturday. Wright stressed that the governor would work to make sure the law is repealed.

Scott told Fox News the Medicaid expansion would cost Florida taxpayers $1.9 billion a year, but it’s unclear how he arrived at that figure.

Scott said the state will not expand the Medicaid program in order to lower the number of uninsured residents, nor will Florida set up a state-run health exchange, a marketplace where people who need insurance policies could shop for them.

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By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

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