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Alabama governor: Strategy would block Obamacare
By Eric Fleischauer
The Decatur Daily

Daily Photo by Gary Cosby Jr.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, second from left, joins local politicians and members of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs for the pledge of allegiance before speaking today in Decatur. State Sen. Arthur Orr, left, Mark Haines and Steve Sasser join in the pledge.

Speaking in Decatur today, Gov. Robert Bentley outlined his strategy for defeating the Affordable Care Act.

Bentley said he expected 25 states to refuse to participate in setting up insurance exchanges by Friday, the deadline for states to announce their intentions to participate.

The governor said a flaw in the Affordable Care Act fails to authorize the federal government to set up exchanges in the nonparticipating states. By refusing to participate, Bentley said, Alabama and other states are setting up a legal challenge to the health-reform law.

Bentley focused on the economy. While he said he is pessimistic about the national economy, he sees a likelihood of growth in the state.

One thing that could derail growth, he said, was a congressional failure to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” Absent an agreement, a series of budget cuts — including steep cuts in the defense budget — would begin to take effect Jan. 1. Bentley said the cuts, called sequestration, could cost Alabama 24,000 jobs.

Read more in Friday’s edition of The Daily.

ERIC FLEISCHAUER

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Shouldn't Governor Bentley focus on taking care of the citizens of this state instead of trying to block legislation that will help them? What a piece of scum.

Way to go gov! No way I'm gonna be forced to buy health insurance! If I need care, I'll just to the emergency room and let all those suckers that buy insurance pay for me too!

Scum is what wrote this horrible piece of legislation that is nothing about health care and all about control. Taxes go up on even the poorest to pay for this mess. Dialysis denied to patients of advanced age. This is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on American voters. Read it and weep.

Fines assessed with tax returns for those who don't buy it. Going to be a real eye opener for those of us who've not ever paid much attention to our tax returns as long as we got a refund. Cuts are going away. Child tax credit cut from 1000 to 500. People have no idea what this travesty will do to our already failing economy.

This Tea Bagging Governor will turn down help for the poor, In this state one of the poorest states in the Country.

I can't name a single republican that is worth voting for ..Obama Won ! get over it.

I still feel that these rotton people still want the Country to Fail.

Unfortunately Dan, these idiots don't care if this country fails, as long as their bank accounts are full. They've brainwashed so many poor people it's inconceivable to me.

Bentley is like a Fox Guarding the Hen House, The Uneducated People in this state voted to give this fool the keys to the rainy day fund.

On his first day in office he said ,If your not a christian your not my brother ,or sister.It didn't take long for him to walk that back.

Bentley signed the Grover Norquist pledge .. That the smart Republicans are trying to get away from.

If the Republicans don't wake up,They will never see their man,or women in the white house for decades.

Could someone please name one thing Obama has accomplished and put into action to benefit this country?

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