A very good friend of mine signed up at health care.gov last week.

[JDPriestly]

105. We are not blaming the states for a piece of federal legislation.

We are blaming the states for opting out of a portion of the federal legislation that was meant to help your friend. People who blame the ACA, get on the internet, have a half a dozen people explain that the complainer has the facts wrong and is blaming the ACA when he/she should be blaming his/her state government is trying to cause a ruckus over nothing.

How many times have people explained that the ACA as enacted provided federal money to the states to help fund Medicaid for people like your friend?

How many times have people explained that the Supreme Court specifically ruled that while the federal government could offer subsidies to the states to fund Medicaid for people like your friend it could not require the states to take the money and fund Medicaid for people like your friend?

How many times have people explained that if your friend has to pay $300 a month for her health insurance coverage it is not the fault of the ACA but rather the fault of your state, its government including YOUR GOVERNOR and YOUR LEGISLATURE?

How many times must DUers explain these truths, these facts?

Here is a link to the Supreme Court decision.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/supreme-court-health-care-decision-text.html

Here is the statement Rick Scott made about opting out of the ACA's provision for Medicaid.

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“Floridians are interested in jobs and economic growth, a quality education for their children, and keeping the cost of living low,” Governor Scott said. “Neither of these major provisions in ObamaCare will achieve those goals, and since Florida is legally allowed to opt out, that’s the right decision for our citizens.”

It is important to note that Florida already has health care safety net programs for those with the greatest need, including assistance for families with incomes up to 133% of the poverty line, and Florida KidCare to ensure no child goes without health care in Florida.

But even though the federal government has promised to initially pay 100% of the increase in Medicaid payments for the first three years of ObamaCare, the burden increasingly shifts to Florida taxpayers in future years. Medicaid, which has been growing for years at three-and-a-half times as fast as Florida’s general revenue, will soon grow even faster under ObamaCare, and education funding will be adversely impaired if we do not control the growth in Medicaid spending.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/02/rick-scott-statement-florida-opts-out-of-parts-of-obamacare/

In other words, although there are many poor people in Florida and also many, many rich people with huge mansions and beachfront luxury houses and apartments, Rick Scott has chosen to protect the fortunes of the rich and let the poor die without healthcare.

Essentially, the problem is in your state. While you may have many poor Floridians, Florida is home to some of the very wealthiest people in the world. Your friend needs to get active and get rid of Republicans in your state government. The federal government cannot force the states to have a heart. And Florida certainly is one of the many heartless states in our country. Don't blame the ACA. Blame your governor and legislature.