THERE WILL BE CHARTS

themedicinecabinet:

The Affordable Care Act exchanges have seen some bumps in the road, but all the computer programmers in the world aren’t going to be able to help the working poor in states that refuse to expand Medicaid.

While red states like Kentucky and Arkansas have worked with the federal government to enroll thousands in just four weeks, millions in states like Texas,  Florida, Indiana, and others aren’t so lucky. Texas boasts 1,046,430 residents who will fall in the coverage gap. These hard working Americans, who are too poor to qualify for ACA subsidies but make too much for traditional Medicaid, could be covered at no cost to themselves or their home state.

If the GOP is serious about getting people affordable coverage, it’s time to start working together to get it done. Letting millions of people suffer in the name of partisanship is just unconscionable. 

More and more states will need to put away their partisan feelings towards Obamacare, and expand Medicaid, or see their residents fall in to a health insurance donut-hole created by their own governors.