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Report: Christie to back Medicaid expansion
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Feb 26, 2013 01:28pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Sam Baker |
| News Date | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will become the eighth Republican governor to endorse the Medicaid expansion in President Obama's healthcare law, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Tuesday.
Christie's decision would be another big political win for Obama and his signature legislative achievement. Although Christie isn't the most conservative governor to accept the Medicaid expansion, he's the most serious contender for the 2016 presidential nomination to sign on.
Conservatives are already unhappy with Christie for working so closely with the White House during Hurricane Sandy — he was notably not invited to this year's Conservative Political Action Conference. Embracing a key part of "ObamaCare" certainly won't help Christie win over the GOP base.
But Christie is the governor of a solidly blue state and is clearly casting himself as a centrist who is willing to compromise, even if it upsets the conservative wing of his party. |
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