Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[dexfarkin]

Just an interesting observation. Looking at a map of the US, if Virginia and Tennessee choose to reject Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, with the exception of Arkansas, the entire US Confederacy will have rebuffed Medicaid expansion for their poorest citizens. While it might be considered to be about independence and self-sufficiency, with few exceptions, these are all states that receive more federal money than they generate via taxes.