What is it about Southern politicians that lets them crap on their voters and still get re-elected? Gov. Rick Scott of Florida will turn down the opportunity for his citizens to have affordable health care through state-wide insurance exchanges.
According to Fox News:
Florida, the state the led the fight against President Obama's health care law, will not comply with the
Supreme Court opinion.
Gov.
Rick Scott
tells Fox News that he and his Attorney General, Pam Bondi, will work
tirelessly to make sure the law is repealed. He feels that can be done
by electing officials, like
Mitt Romney, who have vowed to fight the law before 2014, when most of its provisions kick in.
If that doesn't happen, Scott insists he still won't "implement these
exchanges that will increase the cost of health and make Medicaid
worse."
However, statistically (which may be the problem since math and 'billies don't mix), Florida is the third worst state for citizens without health care insurance. Further, according to 24/7Wall St.
Florida
> Excess deaths from a lack of insurance (per 100,000): 12.06
> Pct. of population uninsured: 21.3% (3rd highest)
> Pct. living below the poverty line: 16.5% (16th highest)
> Life expectancy at birth: 79.7 years (12th highest)
The sheer number of excess deaths from a lack of insurance in Florida
is staggering: 12,336 from 2005 through 2010. The driving factor for
this imposing total is that 21.3% of the population is uninsured — the
third-highest rate among all states. Floridians may have difficulty
affording health insurance — median income was just $44,400 in 2010.
Meanwhile, only 45.7% of residents have employer-based health insurance,
while just 15.6% of residents received Medicaid benefits. Both of these
rates are among the lowest in the country.
Scott's excuse? Job killing, the Republican excuse for everything. Since Dubya Bush was a Republican, I guess they figure that they're experts on the subject.
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