Responding to the controversy stirred up by Florida governor Rick Scott’s decision to expand his state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare despite his opposition to the healthcare law, Charles Krauthammer said that he understands Scott’s decision.
“You can act honorably either way,” he said. “You can oppose [Obamacare] and can have opposed it all the way, but say ‘It’s the law of the land.’ It passed through Congress and got the signature of the president. It was approved by the Supreme Court. And, when the president ran for reelection against somebody who would abolish it, the president wins” He continued, “I think it’s honorable to say ‘I will take the money because people in my state are paying federal taxes, are subsidizing people in other states,’ or you could argue it the other way and say ‘I still want to keep up the fight and that if enough states stay out, it’ll collapse.’”
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