Why is this man smiling?
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is continuing his
bizarre descent into total Obamacare Derangement Syndrome. Here's the latest: Back when he said he had changed his mind and was for Medicaid expansion in his re-election campaign, he was actually
brilliantly deceiving the Obama administration. You really can't make this shit up.
[In 2013] Scott said his mother's death changed his perspective and he could no longer "in good conscience" oppose expanding health care coverage to nearly 1 million Floridians.
Scott conceded this week that was all a ruse. He now says his support for Medicaid expansion was a calculated move designed to win support from the Obama administration for the state's proposal to hand over control of Medicaid to private insurance companies. At the time, he denied that his support was tied to a deal with the federal government.
He got his privatization scheme, so fuck you 1 million Floridians! Now he's not just opposed to Medicaid expansion, he's suing the federal government over it, because they want to give him tainted Obamacare money instead of other federal money.
He's seriously losing it.