What was the logic behind some state's governors refusing the federal subsidy to expand medicare in their states?

Logic?!?

They want Obama and his health program to fail, they are afraid to try new things and they lack compassion for other people. At least, that’s my take on it.

I think it goes something like, Obama bad, freedom good, freedom = the opposite of whatever Obama thinks is a good idea.

Their financial obligation is open ended. Looks good today, may be bad tomorrow. I don’t blame them. State Governors come in two categories…
1. I feel a responsibility to the future
2. Fuck the future. Just so I get my pension.
There you go.

Political expediency.

But it could very well cost them their next election @Rarebear.

@josie That’s bunk. It’s federally funded for them. If that changes in the future, they are perfectly free to opt out then. The simple reason is they are Republicans. They hate anything done by Obama, and they like the idea of the landed gentry being the only people who can have anything decent. No help for their uninsured poor, thank you very much. Even if it’s free, it’s bad to give to the poor when we have so many needy millionaires and billionaires to take care of.

Here in Texas I am pretty sure it is because our governor is a dick.. Actually, his name is rick but he spells it with a silent “P”. so, same thing.

Also, da poor don’t got the money to support their (the governors) next election bid so f*ck them.

Hear, hear, Rojo! Goobernor pRick knows that our poor in Texas are “being taken care of” so we don’t need no stinkin’ federal money. He’s not sure how they’re being covered, but he’s sure they are.

Those goddamn poor people should just get a second or third job so they qualify for the subsidies.

/ignoring the >15% unemployment rate in the poorer areas.