Governor opposed Obamacare, but accepted it for practical reason [View all]

Gov. Susana Martinez opposed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, saying government should not order people of means to buy health insurance.

But Martinez, a career prosecutor until her election as governor in 2010, decided for one reason not to fight Obamacare.

“It’s the law of the land,” she said in a recent interview.

Martinez, a Republican, said her position solidified after the U.S. Supreme Court decided last year to let stand the federal law to provide health insurance for every citizen.

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[font color=green]At least one Republican governor got the message. There will be as many 170,000 low-income people added to the Medicaid program in New Mexico.[/font]