Sate Republican Party is not lockstep, robotic organization
The Politico Web site in recent days trumpeted what they call a Mississippi Republican political “feud” over health care exchanges. The truth is less dramatic and the notion that Mississippi’s GOP is a robotic, lockstep organization simply ignores reality.
According to the site: “In red-state capitols in places like Idaho, Tennessee and Mississippi, Republicans are clashing over whether to participate in a Democratic president’s signature legislative achievement.
“At issue are the state-based health care exchanges, set to start in 2014, which will create new marketplaces for people who can’t get insurance elsewhere. If states don’t declare their plans to set one up by Dec. 14, the Department of Health and Human Services will begin doing it for them. So Republicans face a choice: Create their own and appear to endorse a federal government health care takeover, or allow Washington to take control.
Sid Salter
12/4/12
Magnolia Tribune
