N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue Vetoes Challenge to Health Care Reform Bill

Time for the republicans to put up or shut up. Obama told all of the governors if you have a plan that covers as many as the so called obamacare without increasing the deficit I will gladly issue your state an exclusion. Now the ball is in their court wheres their plan that is so much better??? Just as I thought a bunch of nonsense with no substance that is what the republican party has become these days. Out with the repubilcans so people like Bev and Obama can get on with taking care of their states business, without continuing to line the pockets of the rich.

Hers the elephant in the room where is the alternative plan when do we get to look for the flaws in it What happens if we repeal healthcare plan and the new plan is actualy worst than the original, Wouldnt it be better to have a look at the replacement plan and analise it before we remove our existing plan What about refining our existing plan verses starting over with just a promise by rpublicanstha their plan is better . SEams to me under Bush , REPUBLICANS promised tax cuts would raise revenue and create jobs well we all know how that promise turned out. Whats that about the buyer beware How long can you demonising the current plan afford your ever rising healthcare cost Should 1 republicans never pass a healthcare bill 2 their healthare bill fails to lower cost HOW LONG

It would've been unethical for this governor to support the Republicans bill, since the democrats have all decided it's sink or swim with this "idea" called obamacare. And sink they will. As far as sfamilyent stated, we all have parents or are parents to children. I don't recall it being in the handbook that the govt would provide for my kids healthcare, food, clothing, and housing. That's my responsibility as I remember. Expecting someone else to foot the bill is...Un American, as democrats like to say.

But Governor, adversely affecting Medicaid and children's health care is part of the Republican plan! They think we're spending too much on these social programs in the first place.

When are the republicans planning to unveil their Health Care Plan i.e. the replace part of 'repeal and replace'?

Gov. Perdue was correct not to challenge the Health Care Reform Bill. There are so many positives in the bill that will help many people.

Obamacare is coming apart at the seams. First this week's report that it is going to cost each state BILLIONS more than previously estimated, then the report on the billion dollar fraud they built into the program without telling anyone. It's criminal. Ya'll should thank your lucky stars people had the courage to stand up to this travesty

This is one of the few States where this has occurred. It will interesting to see how all these State situations play out in WI, OH and other States. I guess NC must be flush with cash as the Governor will get re-elected (NOT!) since they will need all the money they can get to pay for this HUGE boondoggle entitlement program. In MO the legislature allowed the citizens to vote on whether they wanted Obamacare and 71% voted against it. That is the most important poll of them all. Not the likely voters, not the registered voters, but the actual voters. MO is a pretty mainstream bell-weather state and I figure the rest of Our Country is pretty much the same. Most thinking people realize that we are broke and the Federal Govt. just cannot be everything for everyone, especially since they are so inefficient in how they do everything.

Good for her.

Good. Finally a governor with some common sense