6. He embraced Obamacare for New Jersey
Breitbart reported in March that Christie told a town hall audience at the Van Derveer Elementary School Gymnasium in Somerville, “Expanding Medicaid was the right decision for New Jersey.” He toured the state touting a budget that cut the New Jersey’s charity aid for hospitals in exchange for adding more low-income NJ residents to the state’s Medicaid program.
Presidential candidate Rand Paul chided Christie for expanding Medicaid in his state:
“On the case of the New Jersey governor, I think embracing Obamacare, expanding Medicaid in his state is very expensive and not fiscally conservative.
Many Republican governors I would say are conservative did resist expanding and accepting Obamacare in their states. That fact, I would say, would lead towards you making the conclusion that it is not a very conservative proposal.”
As of April, Medicaid enrollment in New Jersey has bloated by 400,000. Making speeches about cutting Social Security spending if elected president can’t undo the fact that he helped New Jersey contribute to the future billions that will be spent on Medicaid in the coming decade.
