Bentley Talks Jobs, Health Care in Annual Address
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Channel: NBC 15 · 2014 · News & Politics
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WPMI) Governor Robert Bentley talks jobs and health care in the annual state of the state address. Bentley said better education and more jobs are the way to help people, not expanding government assistance.Bentley defended his decision not to expand Alabama's medicaid program under the federal health care law. He also said the state must create more opportunities for people to acquire the skills to get higher paying jobs.Here in Alabama, Medicaid takes up 35 percent of our general fund. And under Obamacare and Medicaid, it would grow even larger, bringing millions of people to a state of dependency on government, Bentley said.We will expand the number of career coaches. We will expand dual enrollment programs so that students may attend high school and a two-year college at the same time, said Bentley.Bentley touched on several new initiatives to ensure Alabamians rise from poverty. He said these programs should lead to job creation and economic development in our state.Bentley said he's created 40,000 new jobs since taking office in 2011.
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