From Talking Points Memo:
“It’s simple. We are putting people first,” Christie said in a speech before the legislature unveiling his budget. “Which is why, after considerable discussion and research, I have decided to participate in the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.”
“Let me be clear, refusing these federal dollars does not mean that they won’t be spent,” he said. “It just means that they will be used to expand health care access in New York, Connecticut, Ohio or somewhere else. … In fact, [New Jersey] taxpayers will save approximately $227 million in fiscal year 2014 alone.”
Christie’s pending decision on whether to accept the new Medicaid funding had been closely watched nationally for several months, both as a bellwether for other GOP governors facing similar decisions and as a particularly dicey choice for a Republican governor of a blue state facing reelection who has bucked his own party’s orthodoxy from time to time.
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An excellent decision by the New Jersey governor. He does well every time he sides with the President. And this is a win for the entire country. w0000000t!