Republican governors who didn't want the cooties associated with taking President Obama's expanded Medicaid are now pleading with Congress to cut them in on the deal, but a deal that will destroy Medicaid as we know it. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican governors who turned down billions in federal dollars from an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law now have their hands out in hopes the GOP-controlled Congress comes up with a new formula to provide insurance for low-income Americans. The other GOP governors, such as Ohio Gov.