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" I was wondering who the first prominent Republican governor was going to be who looked at the Medicaid expansion available under the Affordable Care Act and, rather than yelling at the clouds, &amp;quot;You will not crucify our freedom on the cross of convenience!&amp;quot;, would proclaim, in the time-honored tradition of local pols everywhere, &amp;quot;Free money! Me some too, yes?!&amp;quot; Step right up, Jan Brewer of Arizona, you darling old crackpot, you. Although Brewer has been a consistent opponent of Obamacare, she acknowledged Monday that the law is now an unavoidable reality and that Arizona would be worse off turning down the federal dollars that will come with broadening Medicaid. &amp;quot;Try as we might, the law was upheld by the United States Supreme Court,&amp;quot; Brewer said. &amp;quot;The Affordable Care Act is not going anywhere, at least not for the time being.&amp;quot; The Arizona governor said the federal funding would help pay for some individuals already covered by the state&amp;#039;s Medicaid program and provide some protection for the state&amp;#039;s rural hospitals. She&amp;#039;s not going to set up an exchange -- I expect no miracles, and setting up an exchange would require that Brewer actually work within the framework of the law she despises-- but, unlike her 10 counterparts around the country who already have refused the free money, Brewer seems here to be thinking that economic development, rather than keeping faith with the wilder fringes of the ideological fauna within her own party. (Also, by taking the dough and refusing to set up the exchange, of course, Brewer is inviting the federal government to run health-care in Arizona.) Interestingly, the three most prominent heretics in this regard are all from southwest and/or desert states -- Brewer, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, and Brian Sandoval of Nevada. Maybe it&amp;#039;s the heat. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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