General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The insurance companies are pulling out of ACA as they are losing lots of money. Don't blame them [View all]still_one
(96,925 posts)Medicaid, and were against the ACA to start with.
For instance I would think that states like California and others that fully embraced the ACA, are not experiencing that loss.
There is a lot of misinformation that has been propagated about the ACA, and a lot of folks who would get a premium subsidy don't even explore it because the willing accomplice the MSM doesn't find it their duty to correct misinformation that republicans spew about it, as Chuck Todd said, "it isn't their job to correct inaccuracies"
Programs like this always take a few years to get started before they start showing profitability.
No doubt some are trying to game the system, and some are not signing up because they do not believe they will need it, are playing a game of Russian roulette, and could be left without coverage at the worst possible time.
As I said before those states that are getting the word out, putting out public service announcements encouraging people to sign up, and supportive of the ACA, I believe will be the examples others will follow
States which refused to expand medicaid have lost millions of dollars of government money because of it. Even looking at the trans gender rights issue, those states that are exercising that discriminatory practice are losing millions as companies find other places to do their business