President Obama’s re-election sent a message to state capitals: The war over the president’s health care overhaul is finished.
Even in Florida, where Republican leaders led the legal battle against Obamacare, there’s recognition now that the state has to act fast to comply with the new law.
Florida’s governor, Rick Scott, is a former hospital executive who got into politics to fight the health care overhaul. While Obamacare was still in the courts, Scott said he didn’t yet consider it the “law of the land.” Even after it was upheld by the Supreme Court, the governor refused to implement the law, waiting for the election.
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