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GOP Governors Split On Whether To Implement Obamacare
Benjy Sarlin June 29, 2012, 10:54 AM 11403
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Their best shot at eliminating the Affordable Care Act gone, Republican governors say the next step is to ensure Mitt Romney and a Republican Senate have another chance to axe it in Congress. In the meantime, though, the ACA is the constitutionally sound law of the land and each state has to figure out how to actually implement it.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), in a press call with fellow
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) of Virginia, offered up a pretty simple approach: Just pretend the law doesn’t exist.
“We’re not going to start implementing Obamacare,” Jindal said flatly. Under his watch, Louisiana will not set up any of the required state heath care exchanges where, starting in 2014, Americans will be able to buy subsidized private health insurance.
McDonnell was more cautious. “There’s still some uncertainty at this point as to what the right course is,” he said. McDonnell also said he would be “evaluating the case.”