Obamacare: For State Republicans, It's Decision Time
State Republicans can’t agree whether to launch insurance exchanges—or just leave it to the feds
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Florida Governor Rick Scott abhors the Affordable Care Act. He campaigned against the health-care law when he ran for office in 2010 and has rarely missed an opportunity to vilify it since. Even after the Supreme Court upheld it, the Republican told Fox News, “We’re not going to implement Obamacare in Florida.”
So Scott was noticeably uncomfortable on Nov. 16 when he told reporters at a Washington meeting of the conservative Federalist Society that he wanted to meet with administration officials to discuss creating a state-run health exchange, as required by the law. “Governor Romney didn’t win the election,” Scott lamented. “So it’s not an option to repeal Obamacare.”