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In reply to the discussion: TrumpCare May Lead to Massive Internal Migrations. [View all]roamer65
(36,744 posts)45. State residency will become nearly impossible to establish...
in the states with more generous healthcare programs and it will become a requirement to get coverage. There will be State ID cards that come about. If they can code a US passport card into a driver's license, they can code an elaborate State ID system into them. You then will get nada if you don't have one.
Residency in one of these states will become more prized than American citizenship itself.
...and stop turning this into a red-blue thing, folks. It is more of a Medicaid expansion versus non-expansion issue. Michigan and Ohio, for example, want to keep the ACA. They went "red" but are more common sense when it comes to health care.
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I don't plan on going anywhere. $1,308 a year more for that cheaper cost of living
rzemanfl
May 2017
#37
Too adventurous for my blood, but more power to the folks who take the chance. n/t
rzemanfl
May 2017
#46
The systems already exist in some states, and they already impact migrations and economies.
L. Coyote
May 2017
#6
Look at what California is considering. Would there be a "Health Rush" to the Golden State?
PearliePoo2
May 2017
#16
An excellent example, I think. If that occurs, combine that with a great climate
MineralMan
May 2017
#20
That' interesting. I had not stopped to consider the possibility before now. I hope
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#31
I'm sorry, but eff the red states. They voted for him and they can suffer the consequences.
smirkymonkey
May 2017
#38