# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12394
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12394 "2014-01-16T20:41:57Z")
_sigh_ My own state senator Mae Beavers sponsored this new bill to the TN Legislature: > [@](#): > > Several Middle Tennessee Republicans are taking on the Affordable Care Act, with a new bill that would bar state and local governments — and possibly also companies that do business with them — from buying health insurance through the federal website. > > State Sen. Mae Beavers and three House Republicans released a bill Wednesday designed to stop President Barack Obama’s health care reform law by discouraging use of its health insurance exchange, [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov)… > > That could cause immediate problems for TennCare. Since Jan. 1, the state’s Medicaid program has been using [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov) to sign up new enrollees until a new state-run website is completed. > > The bill also extends to state contractors, although there is some ambiguity about the extent to which private companies would be affected. They’re not even pretending that this bill helps Tennesseans. They’re just throwing a political snit and they don’t particularly care if poor people have insurance or not. There is a bright side though: unlike most of the Republicans named in this thread, here’s one I actually get to vote and campaign against! ETA: Oops, [linky](http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140116/NEWS0201/301160051/Tennessee-lawmakers-file-bill-block-Affordable-Care-Act). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897)._