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

[JDPriestly]

128. You will not get improvements to the bill unless you vote for Democrats who will

change it. The Republicans voted against it. What kind of health insurance coverage would your friend have if the ACA did not exist? If you vote for Republicans and they remain in charge of the House, the ACA will be repealed. What kind of health insurance will your friend have then?

Before the ACA was passed, people with pre-existing conditions had no insurance in many states. Complainers about the ACA who blame Democrats are biting the hand that is feeding them. It is sheer nonsense. Hard to believe that the complaints are sincere when it is clear that with more Republican support at the state level, your friend would have a Medicaid subsidy and perhaps not owe $300.


One thing that your post does not acknowledge is the fact that as enacted by the Democrats in Congress, the ACA, the bill provided Medicaid subsidies for all states. It is the CHOICE of Florida's very wealthy, very stingy, very cruel governor to refuse the Medicaid funding from the federal government and to refuse to fund Medicaid adequately at the state level that is causing your friend's problem.

The Republican governor and legislature of your state are to blame, not the ACA.

I gave you the links that prove my points. Biting the hand that feeds you.