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DYLAN SCOTT MARCH 14, 2014, 1:42 PM EDT
The bitter war between Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and the liberal group MoveOn.org continued Thursday when the governor authored an op-ed accusing the organization -- and liberals in general -- of discriminating against disabled people through their support of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.
"What does MoveOn.org have against individuals with disabilities?" Jindal wrote in the column that appeared in the Shreveport Times. The argument is one that Jindal has advanced elsewhere: Because the law expands Medicaid coverage to a new population -- childless adults -- it prioritizes them over people who already receive Medicaid benefits, like the disabled.
To be clear about Jindal's argument about Medicaid expansion and its effect on the disabled: Obamacare's Medicaid expansion is funded completely separately from the traditional program and the law does not affect funding for the latter.
"I wont accept lectures in compassion from those who would expand our safety net beyond comprehension, and jeopardize the care of our most vulnerable citizens in the process," Jindal said. "Weve come too far to become distracted by outside liberal groups with their own agendas, who would leave care for those with disabilities behind just to make a political point."
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okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Either Governor Jindal is aware that funding for Medicaid expansion is entirely separate from the current program and is lying about it, in which case he is unfit to serve as governor; or he is ignorant of the particulars of the program which he rails against so strenuously, in which case ... he is unfit to serve as governor.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)So it would be the State discriminating against persons with disabilities. Is Jindel admitting to that?
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)-- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R)
surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... so the question is, who does he think he's fooling with this?