Republican Florida Governor Backs Medicaid Expansion
In a statement, Rick Scott says he'll only approve ObamaCare-driven shift for three years
Florida Governor Rick Scott backed a limited expansion of healthcare coverage for the poor on Wednesday, joining six other Republican governors who have agreed to the move under President Barack Obama's landmark reform law.
Scott, a vocal critic of the law known as Obamacare who had balked at expanding Medicaid, only agreed to the expansion after the federal government granted Florida a conditional waiver to privatize Medicaid statewide.
Scott said in a statement that he would only agree to the expansion for three years, however, while the federal government picks up all the costs.
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