READ AND COMMENT | More Medicaid: Federal ransom

The call of media editorialists, state senators and altruists for expanding Obamacare's Medicaid program in Florida remains a cacophonous drumbeat of pots and pans.

The clanging — aimed most at the Florida House leadership and Gov. Rick Scott — will not stop. The letters to editors — where the most vocal altruists speak up — are just as noisy. From one we saw last month, typical of most:

“Out of compassion, I believe most Floridians would gladly see their federal tax dollars provide health care for 800,000 Floridians too poor to buy health insurance.”