Why Governors, Including FL. Gov. Rick Scott, Are Expanding Medicaid While Passing On The Exchanges

Why Republican Governors Are Saying Yes To Medicaid, No To Obamacare's Exchanges by Sarah Kliff.  Wonkblog.  The Washington Post.  February 21, 2013.

With the big news yesterday that Florida, pending approval from the legislature, had accepted Obamacare Medicaid expansion, another trends has become more apparent:  Republican governors are more likely to accept expansion rather than a state-run exchange.  The article points out that expansion has an upside--a lot of money.  An exchange, on the other hand, offers governors little upside and potentially a lot of headaches.  The extent of the upside is provided by the Urban Institute which estimates that expansion will bring in $952 billion in federal dollars to state Medicaid programs, if all states participated.