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Hope for Medicaid expansion in Michigan fades

10 hours agoUS Politics / Liberal : Daily Kos

Gov. Rick Snyder Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, like his counterpart in Florida, Rick Scott, wants Medicaid expansion for his state. For these Republican governors, whose primary job is to create a balanced budget for the state, the Medicaid money available under Obamcare is a gift. Show More Summary

David A. Love: Florida's Timely Justice Act Is Neither Timely Nor Justice

The bill -- passed by the Florida legislature and now awaiting the signature of Governor Rick Scott -- would expedite the death penalty process in the Sunshine state.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott: Allen West would be a 'great' lieutenant governor

Florida Republican dream team I swear these people are doing this as performance art. They've got to be. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, himself a monument to Republican crackpottery (and a bit of a crook, but I repeat myself) hasn't decided who he's going to pick for his new lieutenant governor, but he has some ideas. Show More Summary

Exonerated Inmates: Florida Bill To Speed Up Executions Would Have Cost Us Our Lives

Several exonerated men whose innocence of murder was proven years after they were sentenced to death are imploring Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) not to sign a Florida bill that would set automatic timelines for imposing the death penalty, and likely would have resulted in the execution of these and other innocent people. The bill, known [...]

Florida Gov. Scott: Allen West Would 'Be a Great Lieutenant Governor'

Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) is looking for a lieutenant governor, and he believes former Congressman Allen West fits the bill. The state's former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, "resigned earlier this year after being questioned about...Show More Summary

Democrats Continue to Fear Allen West

Florida Governor Rick Scott has cause quite a stir among the liberal Democratic Party and its media following, after he stated that he felt former Republican Congressman Allen West would make "a great Lieutenant Governor." The Huffington...Show More Summary

Scott Eyeing West as His Number Two?

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) hasn't picked a new Lieutenant Governor -- and it's not yet clear he will -- but he told WFLA-AM that former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) "would make a superb choice" and would be"a great Lieutenant Governor." "Scott...Show More Summary

Rick Mele: How Great Is 'The Great Gatsby'?

For almost 90 years, The Great Gatsby has confounded filmmakers looking to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic work of American literature to the big screen. So you can't fault Baz Luhrmann for trying something different with his attempt to crack the supposedly "unfilmable" novel.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Logo Revealed

Twentieth Century Fox's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has revealed its official logo design and you can check it out below! Directed by Matt Reeves with a script from Scott Z. Burns, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa and Mark Bomback, DawnShow More Summary

Rick Scott Wants To Kill More People Quicker

Florida Governor Rick Scott is poised to sign the Timely Justice Act, which will restrict the right of Death Row inmates to appeal their sentences.

Tesoro Logistics Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Tesoro Logistics LP (TLLP) Q1 2013 Earnings Call May 7, 2013 8:30 AM ET Executives Chris Castro – Manager, IR Phil Anderson – President Scott Spendlove – VP and CFO Rick Weyen – VP, Logistics Analysts Brian Zarahn – Barclays TJ Schultz...Show More Summary

FL: HART Wants Merger Study Money Vetoed

The HART board wants Gov. Rick Scott to veto a late addition to the state's transportation bill that includes $200,000 for further study of a merger between the Hillsborough and Pinellas transit authorities.

Florida legislature rejects Medicaid expansion

Gov. Rick Scott Florida's Gov. Rick Scott broke ranks this spring, becoming the most prominent Republican, tea-party type governor to accept federal Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, even though he was probably only doing it to save his political skin. Show More Summary

Florida Legislature Tells Poor People to Fck Off and Die

As I predicted awhile back, Kochheads in Florida have managed to step between poor people and health care by yanking puppet strings in the Florida legislature to block Rick Scott's proposed Medicaid expansion. See how that works? Rick...Show More Summary

Florida Legislature Ignores Rick Scott, Refuses To Expand Medicaid

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), an ardent Obamacare opponent, surprised health care reform advocates earlier this year when he endorsed expanding his state’s Medicaid program. But the governor can’t single-handedly add more low-income residents to the Florida’s Medicaid rolls; the proposal still needs the support of the GOP-controlled legislature, which has been fighting over it [...]

Florida GOP puts politics over people

It seemed like a breakthrough moment. In late February, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who had made hating "Obamacare" his raison d'etre, announced his support for the Medicaid expansion policy in the Affordable Care Act. The Republican governor said at the time, "I cannot, in goo …

Florida Denies 1 Million Residents Medicaid

Sarah Kliff, Washington Post: It seemed like a watershed moment for the Affordable Care Act when Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), a staunch Obamacare opponent, embraced the Medicaid expansion in February. But the Florida legislature had other plans. Show More Summary

Florida rejects Medicaid expansion, leaves 1.3 million uninsured

It seemed like a watershed moment for the Affordable Care Act when Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), a staunch Obamacare opponent, embraced the Medicaid expansion in February. “While the federal government is committed to paying 100 percent of the costs, … Continue reading ?

Florida to Cut Subsidized Coastal Insurance

Eli Lehrer: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) will soon have the opportunity to begin writing another chapter to a rich and under-appreciated history of small-government environmentalism. The legislation he'll almost certainly sign in theShow More Summary

Eli Lehrer: Going Green, Shrinking the State: Florida Leads the Way

With the stroke of his pen on a piece of insurance reform legislation, Florida governor Rick Scott will soon have the opportunity to begin writing another chapter to a rich and under-appreciated history of small-government environmentalism.

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