Redheaded Rambles

The nation’s state and local public hospitals may face an increase of more than $50 billion in the costs of uncompensated care by 2019 if states decide against participating in an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor… It’s unclear exactly how many states will forego the Medicaid expansion, but Republican Governors like Florida’s Rick Scott and Texas’ Rick Perry have publicly said they won’t participate in the Medicaid expansion partly because of eventual costs to their states for increasing coverage. The Perry and Scott moves have been endorsed by Mitt Romney, next Tuesday’s GOP standard-bearer in the election for the presidency, who has said he wants to see the health law repealed.