All Posts Tagged With: "Governor Rick Scott"

Southern Governors Do Not Want Medicaid

July 11th, 2012 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Florida Governor Rick Scott both said they would not expand Medicaid coverage to more working poor, rejecting the central part of the healthcare reform law designed to give coverage to approximately 15 million additional Americans. The two governors are able to do that because last month the Supreme Court ruled [...]

Judge Says No to Blocking Voter Purge

June 28th, 2012 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
On Wednesday, a judge rejected a federal authority’s request to block the Florida move to purge potential ineligible voters from the voting rolls. Robert Hinkle a U.S. District Judge said federal voting laws did not contain anything that prevents a state from indentifying voters who might not be citizens of the U.S., even if the [...]