Michael Moore: ACA is both "awful" and "a godsend"

[Coyote_Bandit]

62. And I m still a second class throw away

The Supreme Court does not legislate - they interpret legislation.

In any event, what is important to people in my position is meaningful access to affordable healthcare. We don't really give a damn about finger pointing and political posturing.

My bottom line is that ACA did very little to make affordable healthcare more accessible to me. I am depleting my meager savings to have health insurance. And I don't even get a tax credit that I can carry forward and apply against future income. Is that the state's fault as well? I don't think so.

And I am far more fortunate han most who find themselves in my situation. I have the ablity to make that premium payment. Most others don't.

Those who want to win the support of folks in my situation would do far better to fight for equal benefits under the ACA for all citizens than to wash their hands of the matter and fault the states.

I am not so sure there is not a Constitutional argument under he Equal Protection Clause. ACA is after all federal legislation and the expansion of hose state Medicaid programs is being funded by federal tax dollars.

All I see from my iwndow is a world where lower standards and different rules apply to
me. And ohers eiher want to enforce or excuse that double standard. I am less than equal.