Clinton: Sanders' health care plan 'will never, ever come to pass'

[davidthegnome]

86. Not failed - but not complete, either.

I'm not sure which states besides Maine rejected the medicaid expansion, but it left a whole lot of people without any health insurance, or any means of getting it. Basically, a lot of part time workers can't qualify because you have to earn a minimum of (I believe it's still) 11 grand a year to qualify for the subsidies under the ACA. They recommend that you apply for Mainecare, which, under Maine's current governance is extremely hard to get.

This, of course, isn't the fault of the ACA as the intention was to pass the medicaid expansion Nationally. What was the fault of the ACA, the Obama administration, and our democratically controlled congress and Senate (for the brief time we had them) was the lack of courage and/or forethought. We had an opportunity to put together - at least - a public option. It would have taken more time, but I believe that the votes could have been gained, if the effort had truly been made.

The other issue with the ACA is that people in my situation (part time workers who fell through the cracks) will end up having to pay fines that they cannot afford, because they do not have health insurance that they could not afford - and simply could not get. Seven hundred dollars for me, which I hope I get back in my tax return from last year - otherwise I'll have to look for something to sell.

The federal mandate should not apply in every situation, I didn't like the federal mandate to begin with, I still don't - and this is one example of why.